Parental Leave and Employment Protection (Six Months' Paid Leave) Amendment Bill - Amendment paper No 015
Parental Leave and Employment Protection (Six Months' Paid Leave) Amendment Bill - Amendment paper No 015
Parental Leave and Employment Protection (Six Months' Paid Leave) Amendment Bill - Amendment paper No 015
No 15
House of Representatives
Supplementary Order Paper
Wednesday, 5 November 2014
Parental Leave and Employment Protection (Six Months' Paid Leave) Amendment Bill
Proposed amendments to Supplementary Order Paper No 472
Sue Moroney, in Committee, to move the following amendments:
Clause 4
Replace clause 4 with:
4 Purpose
The purpose of this Act is to extend the duration of maternity leave, paternity leave, extended leave, and the parental leave payment to a maximum of 26 weeks in respect of a person who gives birth—
(a) to 2 or more children as a result of 1 pregnancy and assumes or intends to assume the care of those children; or
(b) to 1 or more surviving children before 37 weeks of gestation; or
(c) to a child whose impairment would entitle the person to a government-funded disability support service.
Clause 5
Replace clause 5 with:
5 Section 71J amended (Duration of parental leave payment)
(1) In section 71J(b), replace
“16 weeks.”with“16 weeks; or”and after paragraph (b), insert:
“(c) for 22 weeks in respect of a person who gives birth—
“(i) to 2 or more children as a result of 1 pregnancy and assumes or intends to assume the care of those children; or
“(ii) to 1 or more children before 37 weeks of gestation, where the child or children survive birth for the duration of the parental leave payment; or
“(iii) to a child whose impairment would entitle the person to a government-funded disability support service.”
(2) Replace section 71J(c) with:
“(c) for 26 weeks in respect of a person who gives birth—
“(i) to 2 or more children as a result of 1 pregnancy and assumes or intends to assume the care of those children; or
“(ii) to 1 or more children before 37 weeks of gestation, where the child or children survive birth for the duration of the parental leave payment; or
“(iii) to a child whose impairment would entitle the person to a government-funded disability support service.”
New clause 6
In new clause 6(1), replace “Replace
with ‘16 weeks’
with ‘22 weeks’
in the following provisions:”“In the following provisions, 16 weeks means 16 weeks, or in respect of a person who gives birth either to 2 or more children as a result of 1 pregnancy and assumes or intends to assume the care of those children, or to 1 or more children before 37 weeks of gestation where the child or children survive birth for the duration of the parental leave payment, or to a child whose impairment would entitle the person to a government-funded disability support service, 22 weeks:”
.
In new clause 6(2), replace “Replace
with ‘22 weeks’
with ‘26 weeks’
in the following provisions:”“In the following provisions, 16 weeks means 16 weeks, or in respect of a person who gives birth either to 2 or more children as a result of 1 pregnancy and assumes or intends to assume the care of those children, or to 1 or more children before 37 weeks of gestation where the child or children survive birth for the duration of the parental leave payment, or to a child whose impairment would entitle the person to a government-funded disability support service, 26 weeks:”
.
Delete new clause 6(3) and (4).
New clause 7
In new clause 7(1), replace “In the Parental Leave and Employment Protection Regulations 2002, replace
with ‘16 weeks’
with ‘22 weeks’
in the following provisions:”“In the following provisions of the Parental Leave and Employment Protection Regulations 2002, 16 weeks means 16 weeks, or in respect of a person who gives birth either to 2 or more children as a result of 1 pregnancy and assumes or intends to assume the care of those children, or to 1 or more children before 37 weeks of gestation where the child or children survive birth for the duration of the parental leave payment, or to a child whose impairment would entitle the person to a government-funded disability support service, 22 weeks:”
.
In new clause 7(2), replace “In the Parental Leave and Employment Protection Regulations 2002, replace
with ‘22 weeks’
with ‘26 weeks’
in the following provisions:”“In the following provisions of the Parental Leave and Employment Protection Regulations 2002, 16 weeks means 16 weeks, or in respect of a person who gives birth either to 2 or more children as a result of 1 pregnancy and assumes or intends to assume the care of those children, or to 1 or more children before 37 weeks of gestation where the child or children survive birth for the duration of the parental leave payment, or to a child whose impairment would entitle the person to a government-funded disability support service, 26 weeks:”
.
Explanatory note
This Supplementary Order Paper amends Supplementary Order Paper No 472 to restrict the extension of paid parental leave to 26 weeks to parents who have 2 or more children as a result of 1 pregnancy, to those whose pregnancy results in a live birth before 37 weeks of gestation, and to those who have a child whose impairment would entitle the parents to a government-funded disability support service.