HRIR Solutions is Wollongong’s Small and Medium Business HR Consultant we are available to solve difficult HR problems such as Parental Leave.
Paid Parental Leave is a scheme in which the Government will give a parent 18 weeks of pay after the birth or adoption of a child and two weeks of “Dads Paid leave”, a combined total of 20 weeks for both parents.
The Federal Government will pay the employers of the mother and the father of the child a total of $772.55 (gross) as a reimbursement when both mother and father take paid 20 weeks of parental leave.
If a Business in Wollongong and the Illawarra offers an amount of paid parental leave this employer incentive is in addition to the Federal Government contribution.
Unpaid Parental Leave is 12 months for employees who have or will have, responsibility for the care of a child. A couple has a combined 24 months of unpaid leave, which can be taken by one parent if the employer allows it and reasonable notice is given.
Businesses in the Illawarra and Wollongong cannot unreasonably refuse a request for unpaid parental leave as this could be discriminatory.
Parental leave obligations for employers are a minefield
-How do you get reimbursed from the Federal Government.
-Do you have to make up the parental pay to the ordinary pay from $772.55 gross per week.
-How can you be sure that the other parent is not claiming $772.55 from his/her employer.
-Can your employee add on Annual Leve Sick leave and Long Service leave to the period of unpaid parental leave.
-Does an employer have to pay super on top of the $772.55 that is paid parental leave.
-How much notice do you need to get for a period of unpaid parental leave.
-When the parent on unpaid parental leave wants to return to work before the end of the agreed parental leave what does the employer say to the person who has been hired to be a parental leave fill in.
HRIR Solutions can help small and medium businesses in Wollongong and the Illawarra with answers to these tricky problems. John can come to your business to see how this parental leave issue can be managed and put in place workplace policies.
Call John on 0407 069 507
Visit: HRIRsolutions.com.au
Email: john@HRIRSolutions.com.au
