Paid Parental Leave Amendment (Improvements for Families and Gender Equality) Bill 2022

Type
Government
Portfolio
Social Services
Originating house
House of Representatives
Status
Act
Parliament no
47

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Summary

Amends the Paid Parental Leave Act 2010 to: extend paid parental leave (PPL) pay from 18 weeks to 20 weeks from 1 July 2023, with two weeks reserved on a 'use it or lose' basis for each claimant; remove the notion of primary, secondary and tertiary claimants and the requirement that the primary claimants of parental leave pay must be the birth parent; make paid parental leave consist only of flexible PPL days and remove the requirement to not return to work in order to be eligible; introduce a $350,000 family income limit under which families can be assessed if they do not meet the individual income test; and allow an eligible father or partner to receive parental leave pay regardless of whether the birth parent meets the income test, residency requirements or is serving a newly arrived resident's waiting period. Also makes consequential amendments to eight Acts.

Progress

House of Representatives
Introduced and read a first time 30 Nov 2022
Second reading moved 30 Nov 2022
Second reading debate 30 Nov 2022
Second reading debate 07 Feb 2023
Second reading debate 08 Feb 2023
Second reading debate 09 Feb 2023
Second reading agreed to 09 Feb 2023
Third reading agreed to 09 Feb 2023
Senate
Introduced and read a first time 09 Feb 2023
Second reading moved 09 Feb 2023
Second reading debate 06 Mar 2023
Second reading agreed to 06 Mar 2023
Committee of the Whole debate 06 Mar 2023
Third reading agreed to 06 Mar 2023
Finally passed both Houses 06 Mar 2023
Assent
  • Act no: 4
  • Year: 2023
10 Mar 2023

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  • Revised explanatory memorandum: Accompanies and explains the amended version (third reading) of the bill. It supersedes the explanatory memorandum.

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