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  1. Parental Leave Pay
  2. How much you can get

Getting your Parental Leave Pay

In many cases your employer will deliver your Parental Leave Pay to you. Sometimes, we’ll pay you directly.

  1. Top payments
  2. Parental Leave Pay

How much Parental Leave Pay you can get

Parental Leave Pay is based on the national minimum wage.

  1. Parental Leave Pay
  2. Who can get it

Meeting the income test for Parental Leave Pay

To get Parental Leave Pay, you must meet an income test.

  1. Parental Leave Pay
  2. 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.

  1. Who can get it
  2. Meeting the work test

Work requirements for Parental Leave Pay

To get Parental Leave Pay, you need to meet a work test.

  1. Parental Leave Pay
  2. How to choose and share your days

Choose how to take your Parental Leave Pay

You can decide how to use your Parental Leave Pay days.

Advance payment

You may get part of your income support payment or Family Tax Benefit (Part A) early. This is an advance payment. You pay it back later out of your payments from us.

  1. Income and assets tests
  2. Income

Deeming

Deeming rules are used to work out income from your financial assets. We add this to your other income and apply the income test to work out your payment rate.

  1. Family Tax Benefit
  2. How much you can get

Family Tax Benefit Part A payment rates

The amount of Family Tax Benefit (FTB) Part A we’ll pay you depends on your situation.

  1. Parental Leave Pay
  2. How to choose and share your days

Sharing your Parental Leave Pay

You may share some or all your Parental Leave Pay with another parent.

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Page last updated: 10 December 2021.
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