- Parental Leave Pay
- How to choose and share your days
Exemptions to the limits of Parental Leave Pay days
You need to tell us if you have an exemption to the limits on Parental Leave Pay days.
- Top payments
- Parental Leave Pay
How to choose and share your Parental Leave Pay days
You can choose how you use and share your Parental Leave Pay days.
- Top payments
- Parental Leave Pay
How much Parental Leave Pay you can get
Parental Leave Pay is based on the national minimum wage.
- Top payments
- Parental Leave Pay
How to claim Parental Leave Pay
You can complete these steps to claim Parental Leave Pay. Before you start, check if you can get it.
- Raising kids
- Having a baby
When your baby arrives
Use your Parent Pack to help finalise your pre-birth claim, make a new claim and enrol your baby in Medicare.
Your family income estimate for family assistance payments
We use your family income estimate to work out how much family assistance to pay you. This includes Family Tax Benefit (FTB) and Child Care Subsidy (CCS).
- Who can get it
- Meeting the work test
Work requirements for Parental Leave Pay
What the work requirements are for Parental Leave Pay.
- How to choose and share your days
- Sharing your payment
How to change your shared days
If you’ve already shared Parental Leave Pay days, you can change your mind. You can remove approval or make changes.
- Parental Leave Pay
- How to claim
Claiming timeframes for Parental Leave Pay
You need to claim within the timeframes to get Parental Leave Pay.
- When your baby arrives
- Enrol your baby in Medicare only
Enrolling your baby in Medicare if you become a parent through surrogacy
You can enrol your baby in Medicare when your surrogacy arrangement is finalised.