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Parental Leave and Employment Protection Act 1987

Payment for parental leave - Interpretation

71CD: Return to work by self-employed person

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“Things self-employed people can do during parental leave without losing their benefits”

When you’re self-employed and take parental leave, there are some things you can do that don’t count as returning to work. You can still get money for work you did before your leave started. You can also get money if other people are working for your business while you’re on leave. Lastly, you can do small tasks to keep an eye on your business or handle some paperwork without it being considered as going back to work.

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Part 7A Payment for parental leave
Interpretation

71CDReturn to work by self-employed person

  1. In this Part, a self-employed person is not to be treated as having returned to work because he or she—

  2. receives income for work done before the period of parental leave; or
    1. receives income because of work done by other people during the period of parental leave; or
      1. carries out work in the nature of oversight or occasional administrative tasks in the business in which the person is self-employed.

        Notes
        • Section 71CD: inserted, on , by section 23 of the Parental Leave and Employment Protection (Paid Parental Leave for Self-Employed Persons) Amendment Act 2006 (2006 No 20).