Paid parental leave

2022 - 10 - 15

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Labor unveils plan to expand paid parental leave scheme to 26 weeks (ABC News)

The federal government announces a plan to gradually increase paid parental leave entitlements until parents have six months of paid leave per family by ...

"This plan will support dads who want to take time off work to be more involved in those early months. Two weeks of additional leave will be on offer from July 2024 and entitlements will increase by two weeks each year until July 2026, when the full paid six months of leave will be available. Single parents will be eligible to take the full six months of paid leave and two-parent households will be able to decide how they split the leave.

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'A modern policy for modern families': Paid parental leave to be ... (SBS)

Prime Minister Anthony Albanese says the paid parental leave reforms will benefit families, improve women's economic equality, and boost the broader ...

And equality for women will be at the centre of our budget," Mr Albanese will say. And, just like cheaper child care, this is economic reform," he says. The scheme currently provides 18 weeks of paid leave for the primary caregiver and two weeks for a partner.

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Albanese promises six months' paid parental leave (Human Resources Director)

The government says it's all part of their upcoming federal budget, however it may not take place for years.

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Government set to extend paid parental leave (Sky News Australia)

Prime Minister Anthony Albanese is expected to announce an extension to the governments paid parental leave scheme. The initiative will see parents offered ...

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Albanese pledges to pay for six months' parental leave (The Sydney Morning Herald)

The existing scheme, introduced by Labor in 2011, is paid at the national minimum wage of about $812 a week for 18 weeks for the primary carer and another two ...

The Greens have proposed a bigger scheme with 14 weeks to be taken by either partner and six weeks of ‘use it or lose it’ leave for each parent. [Subscribers can sign up to our weekly Inside Politics newsletter here](/link/follow-20170101-p5apym). This cost also depends on the flexibility offered to each partner, a key point of contention in the policy design. “And single parents will be able to access all 26 weeks. [Grattan policy](https://grattan.edu.au/report/dad-days/) proposed 12 weeks of leave to be taken by either partner as well as six weeks of ‘use it or lose it’ for each partner and two weeks of bonus leave as a reward if both partners had taken their allocation. Wood welcomed the news of the imminent announcement on Friday and said it was important for the federal policy to set a minimum standard for all workers while allowing families to “top up” the scheme with parental leave from their employers.

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Paid parental leave extended to 26 weeks by 2026, with pressure on ... (The Conversation AU)

The present scheme is for 18 weeks government-funded leave to care for a newborn. There is a separate “Dad and Partner” payment for two weeks.

Details will be in the October 25 budget. The government says it will introduce reforms to modernise the system and improve flexibility from July next year. And we want to see more of it. Single parents will be entitled to the full 26 weeks. There is a separate “Dad and Partner” payment for two weeks. "Because a parental leave system that empowers the full and equal participation of women will be good for business, good for families and good for the economy.”

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'We will expand paid parental leave to 26 weeks': Albanese (Sky News Australia)

Prime Minister Anthony Albanese says “we will expand paid parental leave to 26 weeks” at the New South Wales Labor Conference. “By 2026 every family with a ...

“We will give families more leave and more flexibility to ensure the system works in a way that’s best for them. Our plan will mean more families take up this leave, sharing that precious time and share the caring responsibilities more equally. “By 2026 every family with a new baby will be able to access a total of six months paid leave, shared between the two parents and single parents will be able to access all 26 weeks,” Mr Albanese said.

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Australia to offer six months paid parental leave by 2026 (9News)

Australia will offer new parents up to 26 weeks paid leave in a huge overhaul of the scheme.

It is good for productivity and participation, it's good for families and it's good for our country as a whole," he said. "This is a modern policy to support modern families. "This will benefit mums, it will benefit dads, it's good for children, and it will be a huge boost to the economy," Minister Rishworth said.

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Federal government to extend paid parental leave to six months (The New Daily)

The increase to PPL, will be the centrepiece announcement during Mr Albanese's speech to the NSW Labor conference in Sydney on Saturday. The move, which will be ...

“And single parents will be able to access all 26 weeks. “This will benefit mums, it will benefit dads, it’s good for children, and it will be a huge boost to the economy,” Ms Rishworth said. It will evaluate what mix of flexible weeks and “use it or lose it” component for each parent will deliver the best outcome for families and encourage more shared parenting.

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Australia's paid parental leave scheme is being extended, but will it ... (SBS)

The expansion of taxpayer-funded paid parental leave to 26 weeks by 2026 has been welcomed by parents and business groups, but some say more is needed to ...

"Fathers in Australia take less than 20 per cent of the paternity leave days as their global peers, and that's not because they don't want to spend more time in that critical first year of the baby's life," she said. "In OECD countries, the average length of paid leave parents have access to is more than 50 weeks, so this package that's on the table right now would not put Australia in contention with that average," The Parenthood executive director Georgie Dent said. "Paid parental leave should be flexible and available to all parents, and this new scheme is a big improvement in this regard," she said. "Australia has one of the weakest parental leave schemes globally - yes it should be paid for longer, but without super, or an increase to the amount paid, women are still losing out," she said. "We've long called for reform to the paid parental leave system because providing adequate time off to new parents and encouraging equal sharing of care is good for the economy and good for families," she said. As part of the new scheme, single parents will also be able to access the full 26 weeks, while the leave will be made more flexible with parents able to take it in blocks between periods of paid work.

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