Queensland Government employees
For the purposes of a COLA payment, a Queensland Government employee is a person employed by a Queensland Government entity as defined in Section 24 of the Public Service Act 2008.
Full-time and part-time government employees
To be eligible, you must have worked under a relevant Certified Agreement during the specified period and be a Queensland Government employee at the calculation date of that agreement.
You do not have to be under the relevant Certified Agreement at the calculation date. For example, you may have moved agencies and be working under a different Certified Agreement. However, you must be a Queensland Government employee, and will need to provide evidence of this to the payroll team overseeing the COLA payment process.
The calculation date is the last day of the specified period as defined in the relevant Certified Agreement. To find out the Certified Agreement calculation date, you will need to contact the HR team of the agency from where you want to claim the COLA payment.
If you were employed under the Queensland Police Service Agreement and had a Forced Retirement arrangement, you may still be eligible for a COLA payment. Please contact your HR team to talk about your circumstances.
- You were employed full-time or part-time under the Certified Agreement for the relevant year.
- You were still employed under the same Certified Agreement at calculation date.
- You are eligible for the COLA payment. No further action required. COLA payment will be automatically processed.
- You changed agencies and are no longer employed under the same Certified Agreement at calculation date.
- You were a Queensland Government employee at calculation date.
- You are eligible for the COLA payment. You must complete the COLA form to receive payment.
- You were not a Queensland Government employee at calculation date.
- You are not eligible for COLA payment.
Casual government employees
To be eligible, you must have performed work under the relevant Certified Agreement or as a Queensland Government employee within the 12-week payroll period leading up to the calculation date. You must have performed work, not only have been available for work. Unpaid parental leave is an exception and doesn’t impact your eligibility.
- You were casually employed under a Certified Agreement for the relevant year.
- You were still employed under the same Certified Agreement at calculation date.
- You worked under the same Certified Agreement in the 12 weeks leading to the calculation date.
- You are eligible for the COLA payment. No further action required. COLA payment will be automatically processed.
- You did not work under the same Certified Agreement in the 12 weeks leading to the calculation date.
- You are not eligible for COLA payment.
- You changed agencies and are no longer employed under the same Certified Agreement at calculation date.
- You remained a Queensland Government employee and worked within 12 weeks leading up to the calculation date.
- You are eligible for the COLA payment. You must complete the COLA form to receive payment.
- You were not a Queensland Government employee as at calculation date or you did not work within 12 weeks leading up to the calculation date.
- You are not eligible for COLA payment.