Second Reading Speeches

Paid Parental Leave and Other Legislation Amendment (Consolidation) Bill 2011

Type
Government
Portfolio
Families, Housing, Community Services and Indigenous Affairs
Originating house
House of Representatives
Status
Not Proceeding
Parliament no
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Summary

Amends the:

Paid Parental Leave Act 2010
in relation to: ‘keeping in touch days’; debt recovery; notices; and delegation of the secretary’s powers; and
Fair Work Act 2009
to: clarify unpaid parental leave arrangements in the event of a stillbirth or infant death; enable early commencement of unpaid parental leave; and enable employees who are on unpaid parental leave to perform permissible paid work for short periods (‘keeping in touch days’).

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