The Industrial Relations Act 1999 (PDF, 1.9MB) provides that the following minimum leave entitlements apply to all Queensland employees regardless of whether or not their employment is covered by an award or agreement. Excluded from this are casuals 
and pieceworkers unless entitlements are specifically provided in the Act for such employees.
In the case of annual leave, sick leave and public holiday provisions, these entitlements only became available or commenced to accrue to employees from 1 July 1999 (where employers and employees had agreed on such entitlements before that date, the employee also retains that agreed entitlement).
Wageline's fact sheet on non-award employees:
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