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End-of-service calculator
Prepare a non-binding end-of-service estimate.
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Tool-specific practical guide
How to use the End-of-service calculator correctly
The end-of-service calculator prepares a preliminary estimate from wage, service length, and the reason employment ended. It helps you understand a settlement or prepare questions, but it cannot see the contract, exceptions, disputed facts, or every amount that may be due.
Before you start
Prepare the employment contract, latest payslip, start date, final working date, and written termination reason. Confirm the service period and the wage basis used by the applicable rules and contract.
- The contract, start date, final working date, and written reason employment ended.
- The wage basis used in the settlement and latest payslip.
- Separate records for unused leave, unpaid wages, deductions, or other settlement items.
How to use it
- Verify start and end dates and classify the written termination reason carefully.
- Enter the supported wage basis and full service period, including remaining months and days.
- Review the first-five-year, later-service, and termination-factor components separately.
- Reconcile the estimate with an itemised settlement and obtain qualified help for disputed facts.
Example and interpretation
An employee with seven years and three months compares the estimate with an itemised settlement. Leave balance appears on a separate line, so it is not mixed into the benefit. If the wage basis differs, the employee asks for the calculation basis before signing.
The estimate can explain the structure of a settlement, but its accuracy depends on dates, wage basis, and termination classification. Separate leave and other amounts before comparing totals.
Limits
A small set of fields cannot resolve exceptions, agreements, or disputes. Applicable rules and the wage basis may differ by facts and contract. Use the current official source and qualified advice when the amount is material or contested.
Privacy: The end-of-service calculator does not need identity numbers, passwords, bank details, medical records, private referee data, or confidential employer material. Replace names and restricted figures with neutral examples wherever possible.
Pre-use review checklist
- Every name, date, amount, title, and claim used by the end-of-service calculator matches the current source.
- The end-of-service calculator result answers the original goal and does not add an experience, entitlement, or promise that was not supplied.
- For the end-of-service calculator, assumptions and missing information are visible, and any legal or financial point has been checked against the latest official source.
- Sensitive, irrelevant, or third-party information has been removed before the end-of-service calculator result is saved or shared.
Review the end-of-service calculator result once as its intended reader. For the end-of-service calculator, check facts first, then relevance, wording, layout, and privacy in separate passes; ask a qualified person to review a difficult-to-reverse decision.
Official source: Official source for verification. Method reviewed: 15 August 2026.