Fair Entitlements Guarantee (FEG) Claim Calculator
Your employer went bust? Estimate your Commonwealth FEG claim — up to 13 weeks wages, AL and LSL in full, 5 weeks notice and NES redundancy pay. Plus how to lodge.
FAIR ENTITLEMENTS GUARANTEE (FEG)
The Commonwealth FEG scheme covers unpaid entitlements when your employer goes into liquidation or bankruptcy: up to 13 weeks of wages, accrued annual leave and long service leave in full, up to 5 weeks in lieu of notice, and redundancy pay capped at 4 weeks for each full year worked. Every component is valued at no more than the maximum weekly wage of $3,032 (1 July 2026 to 30 June 2027). FEG does not cover unpaid superannuation. Administered by the Department of Employment and Workplace Relations.
What entitlements were unpaid?
Estimated FEG claim total: $31,500
Unpaid wages
$6,000
FEG pays the unpaid wages you're owed, up to 13 weeks from the last 12 months before insolvency. Capped at the FEG weekly maximum.
4 weeks @ $1,500/wk (FEG weekly cap applied)
Unpaid annual leave
$6,000
FEG does not cap the number of weeks of accrued annual leave — it pays what you were owed, valued at no more than the FEG weekly cap.
4 weeks @ $1,500/wk (FEG weekly cap applied)
Payment in lieu of notice
$4,500
Based on the NES notice table (Fair Work Act s117): 3 weeks at 5.0 years' service. FEG pays up to 5 weeks; a longer contract or award notice period is still capped at 5.
3 weeks @ $1,500/wk (FEG weekly cap applied)
Redundancy pay
$15,000
Based on 5.0 years' service under the NES scale (10 weeks). FEG's own cap is 4 weeks for each full year worked, which is not the binding limit at this tenure.
10 weeks @ $1,500/wk (FEG weekly cap applied)
How to claim
- Wait until the liquidator/trustee has been appointed and the employment has ended (your last working day).
- Submit your claim through FEG Online Services at dewr.gov.au/fair-entitlements-guarantee within 12 months of your job ending or the insolvency event, whichever gives you the later date.
- Provide: employment contract, last 3 payslips, calculation of unpaid entitlements, proof of identity, liquidator/trustee contact details.
- DEWR aims to process an effective claim within an average of 14 weeks. Payment goes directly to your nominated bank account.
- If the insolvency practitioner expects to pay your entitlements in full within 112 days, FEG may not apply.
- If you're also owed super, that's claimed separately via the ATO's Superannuation Guarantee Charge process — not FEG.
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