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Parental Leave and Employment Protection Act 1987

Payment for parental leave - Duration of parental leave payment

71J: Duration of parental leave payment

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“How long you can get paid parental leave for”

You can get a parental leave payment for up to 26 weeks in one continuous period. If you share part of your entitlement with someone else, you can each get a payment for one continuous period, but the two periods together can’t be more than 26 weeks.

If you become entitled to a preterm baby payment while you’re already getting a parental leave payment, there’s a special rule that applies. This rule is explained in another part of the law.

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Part 7A Payment for parental leave
Duration of parental leave payment

71JDuration of parental leave payment

  1. A parental leave payment is payable—

  2. for 1 continuous period not exceeding 26 weeks; or
    1. if part of the entitlement is transferred under section 71E, for 1 continuous period per person, so long as the 2 continuous periods do not together exceed 26 weeks.

      1. This section is subject to section 71DA(5)(b) (which applies to a person who becomes entitled to a preterm baby payment while receiving a parental leave payment).

      Notes
      • Section 71J: inserted, on , by section 4(2) of the Parental Leave and Employment Protection (Paid Parental Leave) Amendment Act 2002 (2002 No 7).
      • Section 71J(1)(a): amended, on , by section 24 of the Parental Leave and Employment Protection Amendment Act 2017 (2017 No 45).
      • Section 71J(1)(b): amended, on , by section 24 of the Parental Leave and Employment Protection Amendment Act 2017 (2017 No 45).
      • Section 71J(1)(b): amended, on , by section 65(1) of the Parental Leave and Employment Protection Amendment Act 2016 (2016 No 8).
      • Section 71J(1)(b): amended, on , by section 32 of the Parental Leave and Employment Protection (Paid Parental Leave for Self-Employed Persons) Amendment Act 2006 (2006 No 20).
      • Section 71J(2): inserted, on , by section 65(2) of the Parental Leave and Employment Protection Amendment Act 2016 (2016 No 8).