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“This legislation is really important because annual leave is there for a very important reason for both the employer and the employee,” McDonald said. You are free to copy, adapt, modify, transmit and distribute this material as you wish (but not in any way that suggests the ATO or the Commonwealth endorses you or any of your services or products). We had a large cash pay-out to make at the start of each year (which grew significantly along with our headcount) and we felt we were moving away from the correct work/life balance we try to encourage.