Paid parental leave

Changes designed to make paid parental leave more flexible have been labelled a “step backwards for gender equality” by experts as they create a disincentive ...

Eva Scheerlinck, chief executive of the Australian Institute of Superannuation Trustees, said it was “disappointing the government has failed to [introduce] super on paid parental leave”. “It doesn’t fix the problem. There’s no incentive in this at all.”

The Australian government's expanded paid parental leave, designed to appeal to households ahead of a May election, is regressive and may further entrench ...

Dad and Partner Pay will now be combined with Parental Leave Pay to create a single scheme with parents to have access up to 20 weeks of leave to divide up ...

Single parents will also get an additional two weeks of Paid Parental Leave, up from 18 weeks to 20 weeks. - Single parents will get additional two weeks of Paid Parental Leave - Couples will get up to 20 weeks of paid leave to divide between them

Single parents will now be able to access the full 20 weeks of paid parental leave, under changes to the scheme announced in the federal budget.

The federal government will provide $346.1 million over five years to improve the paid parental leave scheme. The changes would mean eligible single parents would be able to access an additional two weeks of paid parental leave. Single parents will now be able to access the full 20 weeks of paid parental leave, under changes to the scheme announced in the federal budget.

The $346-million plan will see an extra 2200 families get access to the scheme for the first time.

"For the first time, single parents will now be able to access the full 20 weeks." - The government estimates that 2,200 families will gain access to PPL for the first time Single parents will get an extra two weeks of government-funded paid parental leave under a $346-million plan that will see an extra 2,200 families get access to the scheme for the first time.

Here are the changes promised to make paid parental leave “fairer” for more Australian families with more flexibility to the system.

In the meantime, here's what you need to know. At the same time, the government also wants to change the eligibility threshold for the paid parental leave scheme, by introducing a combined household income threshold of $350,000 per year. Under the current paid parental leave scheme, primary caregivers are eligible for up to 18 weeks’ ‘parental leave pay’ at the national minimum wage, while ‘dad and partner pay’ is available for up to two weeks, also at the national minimum wage.

Changes to paid parental leave and a $1.3 billion down-payment on the new plan to end violence against women headline the Coalition's pitch to female ...

In 2020-21, less than 90,000 fathers used the two weeks of Dad and Partner Pay, accounting for less than a third of the births that year. The government has allocated $330.6 million for female-specific health measures. It is yet to announce its policy on paid parental leave. Last year, the women’s budget measures were worth $3.4 billion in total. They say a use-it-or-lose-it program would encourage more new fathers to take leave, leading to better economic security for women. Currently, the scheme can be used by families where the mother earns less than $150,000.