Concessional Work Test Arrangements for Paid Parental Leave

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posted on 2023-11-06, 21:19 authored by Mary DalyMary Daly, Sunwoo RyuSunwoo Ryu, Ertugrul PolatErtugrul Polat

Eligibility conditions for paid parental leave were eased as a result of the Concessional Work Test Arrangements for Paid Parental Leave in Response to the Impacts of COVID-19

History

Country

Australia

Policy Area

Parental leave

Measure

Paid parental leave

Eligibility

Children's primary carers who worked at least 10 of the 20 months (originally 13 months before the easing of eligibility conditions) before the children's birth and who worked at least 330 hours during that period

Type

Cash (social insurance)

Start / Announced Date

27/11/2020

End Date

27/01/2023

Amount

N/A

Total Cost

AU$130.4 million

Recipients

Parents

Route to the child

Indirect

Sources

OECD (2020) Paid sick leave policy responses to the COVID-19 crisis - Version 30 June 2020. Available at: www.oecd.org/employment/COVID19-paid-sick-leave-policy-responses.xlsx Australian Government (2020) Improving payments that support young people and families. Available at: https://web.archive.org/web/20221117120053/https://www.dss.gov.au/sites/default/files/documents/10_2020/budget-2020-21improving-payments-support-young-people-and-families-26102020-approved-publish.pdf