Changing your nominated start date

You may request to change the start date if you’ve submitted your claim for Parental Leave Pay for a child born or adopted before 1 July 2023. You can’t change your start date if your Paid Parental Leave period has started.

To get Parental Leave Pay you must be on leave or not working, except for allowable reasons. This is from your child’s birth or adoption until the end of your Paid Parental Leave period. You should choose a start date that’s before you return to work.

If your Centrelink online account is linked to myGov, you can change your nominated start date online.

To do this:

  1. Sign in to myGov.
  2. Select My family.
  3. Under Paid Parental Leave, select Paid Parental Leave circumstances.

Sign in to myGov

If we haven’t assessed your claim yet, call the Centrelink families line.

Page last updated: 30 May 2023.
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