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Parental Leave and Employment Protection Act 1987

COVID-19 response workers - Extended leave

30JL: Applicable end date for extended leave

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“When COVID-19 workers finish their extended parental leave”

When you’re a COVID-19 response worker, your extended leave has an end date. This end date depends on how long you’ve been employed. If you’ve been employed for at least 6 months but less than 12 months, your extended leave ends after you’ve had 6 months of parental leave. If you’ve been employed for 12 months or more, your extended leave ends after you’ve had 12 months of parental leave. This rule is part of section 27 of the law about parental leave and employment protection.

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Part 3B COVID-19 response workers
Extended leave

30JLApplicable end date for extended leave

  1. For the purposes of section 27, the applicable end date for a COVID-19 response worker’s extended leave means,—

  2. in relation to employees who meet the 6-month employment test, the date on which the worker has had 6 months of parental leave; and
    1. in relation to employees who meet the 12-month employment test, the date on which the worker has had 12 months of parental leave.

      Notes
      • Section 30JL: inserted, on , by section 3 of the COVID-19 Response (Further Management Measures) Legislation Act 2020 (2020 No 13).