Resources and links
Review Documents
- Paid Parental Leave scheme review – Discussion paper
- Review of the Paid Parental Leave scheme: Terms of Reference
- Review Questions
Factsheets
A set of factsheets has been developed to assist those making a submission to the review
- Overview of the Paid Parental Leave scheme
- Eligibility rules and key data about Paid Parental Leave recipients
- ‘Keeping in Touch’ (KIT) provisions under the Paid Parental Leave scheme
- International examples of paid parental leave schemes
- Paid Parental Leave evaluation – findings from Phase 1
- Paid Parental Leave Act 2010 – Interactions with other legislation
- Parental Leave Pay – employer role
Useful documents
- Paid Parental Leave scheme data to 31 March 2013
- Paid Parental Leave evaluation Phase 1 report
- Paid Parental Leave evaluation Phase 2 report
- Paid Parental Leave evaluation Phase 3 report
- Paid Parental Leave evaluation Phase 4 report
- Paid Parental Leave – Information for Parents
- Paid Parental Leave – Employer Toolkit
- Productivity Commission report - Paid Parental Leave: Support for Parents with Newborn Children (2009)
Websites
Parent and employer information about the scheme is available on the Services Australia (Centrelink) website.
Other useful websites
- Australian Bureau of Statistics
- Australian Institute of Family Studies
- Australian Taxation Office
- Child Family Community Australia Information Exchange
- Department of Education, Employment and Workplace Relations
- Fair Work Commission
- Fair Work Ombudsman
- Organisation for Economic Cooperation and Development
- Productivity Commission
Relevant Legislation
- A New Tax System (Family Assistance) Act 1999
- A New Tax System (Family Assistance) (Administration) Act 1999
- Child Support (Registration and Collection) Act 1988
- Data-matching Program (Assistance and Tax) Act 1990
- Fair Work Act 2009
- Fringe Benefits Tax Assessment Act 1986
- Income Tax Assessment Act 1936
- Income Tax Assessment Act 1997
- Paid Parental Leave Act 2010
- Paid Parental Leave (Consequential Amendments) Act 2010
- Paid Parental Leave Rules 2010
- Social Security Act 1991
- Superannuation Guarantee (Administration) Act 1992
- Taxation Administration Act 1953
- Veteran’s Entitlements Act 1986
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