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It seems the closure of Australia’s international and domestic borders has driven the total days of annual leave accrued across the country to an all-time high 175 million days, according to Roy Morgan Research. This is up from 151.2 million days a year ago prior to the COVID-19 pandemic.
Australians are hoarding annual leave.
In particular, there has been increases in the number of Australians with annual leave due for all time periods longer than two weeks.
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About the author
Leith van Onselen is Chief Economist at the MB Fund and MB Super. He is also a co-founder of MacroBusiness.
Leith has previously worked at the Australian Treasury, Victorian Treasury and Goldman Sachs.
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