contract cleaning workers who leave the cleaning industry and are employed as cleaners in a NSW Public Service agency will have their prior recognised service counted towards long service leave in their new government role — if the transition happens within a set period

the portable long service leave entitlement earned in the cleaning industry is transferred to the Crown (Public Service employer), not paid out as a cash lump sum

workers who transfer cannot receive a payout from the cleaning industry scheme for the years being credited to their Public Service entitlement — double-claiming is prohibited