Gay dads get leave
The federal government鈥檚 new 鈥楧ad and Partner Leave鈥� scheme has gone into effect across the country.聽The policy will provide the partner of the 鈥榩rimary carer鈥� with two weeks paid leave at the minimum wage, irrespective of either partner鈥檚 gender.聽The announcement of the scheme in June followed the introduction of 18 weeks paid parental leave for a newborn鈥檚 primary carer in January last year.
Carers must have worked at least 330 hours in 10 of the 13 months before the start of the payment period to be eligible, with no more than an eight-week gap between two consecutive working days.
They must also have earned $150,000 or less in the previous financial year, and be on unpaid leave or not working during the payment period.
