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If you need to attend an Employment Services Assessment

What you need to do before your Employment Services Assessment (ESAt).

  1. Employment Services Assessments
  2. If you need to attend an assessment

What happens during and after the Employment Services Assessment

During your Employment Services Assessment (ESAt), we’ll talk with you about your barriers to work including your disability, illness or injury.

Advising non-lodgement of a tax return

If you got Family Tax Benefit (FTB) or Child Care Subsidy (CCS) and you or your partner don’t need to lodge a tax return, you need to tell us and confirm your family income.

  1. How to manage your payment
  2. If your child is absent from child care

Child Care Subsidy if you’re affected by an emergency

You may be able to access extra support with the cost of your child care.

  1. Child Care Subsidy
  2. How to manage your payment

Changing your Child Care Subsidy enrolment details

If your enrolment ends or your details change, you should let us know. If your enrolment ends, your Child Care Subsidy will stop.

Pause of requirements

Sometimes there may be a pause of your mutual obligation or participation requirements.

  1. Parental Leave Pay
  2. Who can get it

Exceptional circumstances for Parental Leave Pay

If you become the primary carer of a child because their parent or parents can’t care for them, you may get Parental Leave Pay.

  1. Parental Leave Pay
  2. Who can get it

Meeting the work test for Parental Leave Pay

To be eligible for Parental Leave Pay, you need to meet the work test.

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

Work test examples for Parental Leave Pay

You can meet the work test for Parental Leave Pay in a range of circumstances.

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

Exceptions to the work test for Parental Leave Pay

If your ability to work has been affected, you may be able to get an exception to meet the work test for Parental Leave Pay in certain circumstances.

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Page last updated: 17 November 2025.
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