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Your employee will claim Parental Leave Pay after discussing their plans with you. We assess their situation and determine if you need to provide their Parental Leave Pay.
These are some examples to help you understand how their choices affect whether you need to provide Parental Leave Pay or not.
Single block for weekdays
Peter takes time off work to care for his newly adopted child, Tom. Tom enters Peter’s care on 5 August 2025.
Peter decides to use all 120 days of Parental Leave Pay in a block on every weekday (Monday to Friday), over the first 24 weeks after Tom enters his care.
Peter’s employer must provide Parental Leave Pay to him in line with his usual pay cycle.
More than one block
Zia is going to take time off work to care for her newly adopted child, Alan.
Alan enters her care on 6 August 2025.
She decides that initially she’ll take 50 days (10 weeks) of Parental Leave Pay in a block, Monday to Friday. She’ll then return to work and take the remaining 70 days (14 weeks) of Parental Leave Pay from 9 April 2026, when she has negotiated leave with her employer.
Zia’s employer will need to provide the initial 10 week block of Parental Leave Pay in line with her normal pay cycle. As she’s chosen to take her Parental Leave Pay over multiple blocks, we’ll pay the remaining Parental Leave Pay to Zia directly.
Block of leave is reduced
Amy’s child is born on 4 September 2025.
Amy works full time, Monday to Friday, and plans to go back to work after 9 weeks. She chooses to take 45 days (9 weeks) of Parental Leave Pay in a block. Amy keeps the remaining days in her balance.
We make an Employer Determination that Amy’s employer is required to provide the initial 45 days (9 week) block of Parental Leave Pay.
However, Amy’s circumstances change and she now plans to return to work after 6 weeks. As we have already made an Employer Determination, Amy’s employer is still required to provide the initial 30 days (6 week) block of Parental Leave Pay. We will notify the employer of the exact dates they need to provide Parental Leave Pay to Amy.
Includes weekends
Nadia has a baby on 8 November 2024.
She chooses to take all 110 days of Parental Leave Pay in a block starting from her child’s date of birth. Rather than taking it for weekdays, Monday to Friday for 22 weeks, she decides to get Parental Leave Pay for weekends also.
As there are weekends in Nadia’s block of payment, we’ll pay her directly.
Smaller block of leave
Kym’s child is born on 8 July 2025.
Kym works full time Monday to Friday and plans to go back to work after 6 weeks. She chooses to take 30 days (6 weeks) of Parental Leave Pay in a block. Kym keeps the remaining days in her balance.
As her first block is shorter than 8 weeks, we’ll pay Kym directly.
After being back at work for 6 months, Kym decides to take the remaining 90 days (18 weeks) of Parental Leave Pay. We’ll pay this block to Kym directly.