Confused about Paid Parental Leave?

So, where do we stand at the moment?

Currently, primary carers who meet a work and residency test and earn less than $150,000 per year are entitled to receive up to 18 weeks ‘Parental Leave Pay’ at the minimum wage ($657/week). This is on top of the paid parental leave they receive from their employer.

While we’ve just heard Labor sticking to its plan, the Coalition has changed its policy several times.

Its latest plan is to cut back the existing scheme and instead ‘top up’ the paid parental leave already provided by employers to ensure new parents receive a total of 18 weeks paid leave.

Under this change, about 79,000 parents would have their payments reduced or cut altogether.