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

Schedule 1   Flexible paid parental leave

Paid Parental Leave Act 2010

88   Section 30

Omit:

Division 2 sets out when a person is eligible for parental leave pay. Subsection 31(2) deals with the main case and requires that for a person to be eligible for parental leave pay for a child, the person must (broadly):

(a) satisfy the work test, the income test and the Australian residency test; and

(b) be the child's primary carer; and

(c) not have returned to work.

There are other eligibility criteria that apply for more unusual cases - see subsection 31(3) (which deals with when a child is stillborn or dies) and subsection 31(4) (which allows the PPL rules to prescribe eligibility criteria).

substitute:

Division 2 sets out when a person is eligible for parental leave pay. Section 31 sets out when a person is eligible for parental leave pay on a day other than a flexible PPL day for a child. Section 31AA sets out when a person is eligible for parental leave pay on a flexible PPL day for a child.