Paid Parental Leave Amendment (Flexibility Measures) Act 2020 (53 of 2020)

Schedule 1   Flexible paid parental leave

Paid Parental Leave Act 2010

12   Section 4

Omit:

Parental leave pay is paid to a person for a particular period. That period is called the person's PPL period. The maximum period for which any person may be paid parental leave pay is 18 weeks. A person's PPL period may be the full 18 weeks or a lesser period (e.g. where the person is not eligible for parental leave pay for that full period).

Parental leave pay is paid in instalments at the national minimum wage for each week day during the person's PPL period. It is paid by either the person's employer or the Secretary.

substitute:

Parental leave pay is payable to a person for a child for a particular period, which is called the person's PPL period for the child. That period may be a maximum of 12 weeks long. Parental leave pay is also payable to the person for a flexible PPL day for the child. The number of flexible PPL days for the child for which parental leave pay can be paid cannot exceed 30.

Parental leave pay is paid in instalments at the daily national minimum wage amount for the following days:

(a) a week day that falls within the person's PPL period for the child;

(b) a day that is a flexible PPL day for the child and for which parental leave pay is payable to the person.

Parental leave pay is paid by either the person's employer or the Secretary.