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

Schedule 1   Flexible paid parental leave

Paid Parental Leave Act 2010

129   After subsection 72(1) (after the notes)

Insert:

(1A) If an employer is required under subsection (1) to pay an instalment to a person in relation to a child of the person, the requirement only applies to the extent that the instalment is payable in relation to:

(a) a day that falls within the person's PPL period for the child mentioned in the employer notice relating to the employer determination; and

(b) if the person has a continuous PPL period for the child - a flexible PPL day for the child that falls within the continuous flexible period mentioned in the employer notice relating to the employer determination.

Note 1: The Secretary must pay an instalment to the person to the extent that the instalment is payable in relation to a day that is a flexible PPL day for the child and that does not fall within the person's continuous flexible period for the child (see subsection 84(2A)).

Note 2: The Secretary will also be required to pay an instalment to the person if the person's PPL period, or continuous flexible period, for the child is extended on review after that period has ended (see sections 87, 92 and 92A).