Paid Parental Leave to change again

By Susan Kenna. One piece of good news is that the Government proposes to change the ‘work test’ for access to their PPL.  Currently employees must have no more than an 8 weeks gap between consecutive work days in order to be eligible.  NTEU has lobbied on behalf of casual and contract workers for this gap to be increased to 14 weeks; the Government’s plans are to increase the gap to 12 weeks. More...