What must an agency do with the unpaid LSL, wages/salaries and other entitlements of deceased employees?
A1. Public service and government officers – all LSL lump sum payments are to be made to the estate of a deceased officer. With the approval of the Treasurer, however, payment can be made to a legal dependant of a deceased employee. [Refer Regulation 5(2) Public Service Regulations, which remain in effect pursuant to Clause 18, Schedule 5 – General Transitional Provisions, Public Sector Management Act 1994] A2. Government wages employees – LSL lump sum payments are to be made to the estate of a deceased employee unless the employee leaves a spouse, children, parent or invalid brother or sister dependent of the employee, in which case payment is to be made to the spouse or other dependant. [Refer Section 10, General Order Long Service Leave Conditions – State Government Wages Employees – 66 WAIG 319] NB Where payment is not being made directly to the estate of a deceased employee, it is advisable the spouse or other dependant completes a deed of release. A3. Public service and governmen
