How your payments are impacted

To get Parental Leave Pay, you must be on leave or not working.

If you and your employer agree, you can keep in touch with your workplace without losing your Parental Leave Pay.

You can do occasional tasks to check on your business or to ensure it stays operational. You can do this without losing your entitlement to Parental Leave Pay.

Parental Leave Pay is part of your taxable income. It can affect some payments and services.

There are some changes that may affect you if you get family payments.

There are rules about how long we can pay your Parental Leave Pay when you travel outside Australia.