Parental Leave and Employment Protection Act 1987

Extended leave

29: Extended leave may be taken consecutively or concurrently with leave taken by partner

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“You can take extended leave before, after, or at the same time as your partner's leave”

You can take extended leave right after your primary carer leave or partner’s leave. This means you can have one leave period follow the other without a break.

You can also choose to take your extended leave at the same time as your partner’s leave. Your partner might be taking primary carer leave, partner’s leave, or their own extended leave. Or they might be getting paid parental leave during this time.

You have the option to take your extended leave either before, after, or at the same time as your partner’s leave, depending on what works best for your family.

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Part 3 Extended leave

29Extended leave may be taken consecutively or concurrently with leave taken by partner

  1. Subject to the provisions of this Act, if an employee takes a period of extended leave in accordance with section 28, the period of leave so taken may be taken—

  2. consecutively with any period of primary carer leave or partner’s leave taken by the employee; and
    1. consecutively or concurrently with any period of primary carer leave, partner’s leave, or extended leave taken by the employee’s spouse or partner, or with any period for which the employee’s spouse or partner receives a parental leave payment, as the case may be.
      Notes
      • Section 29: replaced, on , by section 33 of the Parental Leave and Employment Protection Amendment Act 2016 (2016 No 8).