Updated Unpaid Parental Leave Policy

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Updated Unpaid Parental Leave Policy:

From July 1 2023 the following changes have been implemented to unpaid parental leave:

Employees can take up to 100 days of their 12 month leave entitlement flexibly during the 24 month period after the birth or placement of their child.
Pregnant employees can access flexible unpaid parental leave up to 6 weeks before the expected date of birth of their child.
Employees are no longer prevented from taking more than 8 weeks of unpaid parental leave at the same time as their spouse or de facto partner (known as concurrent leave).
Both parents can take up to 12 months unpaid parental leave at any time within 24 months of their child’s birth or placement.

For paid parental leave updates please click here.

Calling all Employers!

Employii can help you to review and update your existing parental leave policy, to ensure that it is compliant with the changes to parental leave under the Fair Work Act.

Please reach out via: [email protected] and one of our consultants will be in touch.

Author: Jess Roughsedge (HR Officer)

References:

Australian Government (2024) Parental Leave and Related Entitlements, Fair Work Ombudsman, accessed 7 May 2024. https://www.fairwork.gov.au/tools-and-resources/fact-sheets/minimum-workplace-entitlements/parental-leave-and-related-entitlements

Updated Unpaid Parental Leave Policy

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