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Paid Parental Leave Amendment (More Support for Working Families) Act 2024
Act No. 7 of 2024 · Assented 20 March 2024
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In brief
Increases paid parental leave from 100 days to 110 for children born from July 2024, 120 from July 2025 and 130 from July 2026, and raises the days both parents can take at once from 10 to 20.
Who's affected
- New and expecting parents
- Partnered parents sharing leave
- Parents of prematurely born children
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