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TOPIC: Paid Parental Leave - Employers Role

Paid Parental Leave - Employers Role 13 years 2 months ago #248

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Fact Sheet from Family Assistance Office:

When does my role in providing Parental Leave Pay start?
The Paid Parental Leave scheme starts on 1 January 2011. Your role in providing Parental Leave Pay will be voluntary until 30 June 2011. This means you have time to make any necessary adjustments to your payroll system. This also means you will not have to make changes to your payroll system part-way through a financial year.

From 1 July 2011, you will be responsible for providing Parental Leave Pay to your eligible employees who have or adopt a child from 1 July 2011, and have worked in your business for 12 months or more and are expecting to receive more than eight weeks Parental Leave Pay.However, you will have the choice to pay your employee if they have worked for your business for less than 12 months, or are accessing less than eight weeks Parental Leave Pay. If you choose not to provide your employee their Parental Leave Pay in these situations, we will pay your employee.

You do not need to contact us if you have an employee who wishes to apply for Parental Leave Pay. Your employee will need to contact us and lodge a claim for Parental Leave Pay.

What are my obligations as an employer to provide Parental Leave Pay?
To make sure you meet your obligations to provide Parental Leave Pay to your eligible employees, follow these simple rules:

1.Provide your bank account details, employee’s usual pay cycle and pay cut off details to us to ensure you receive Paid Parental Leave funds.
2.Provide Parental Leave Pay to your employee for their Paid Parental Leave period.
3.Provide Parental Leave Pay as part of your employee’s usual pay cycle.
4.Withhold tax from Parental Leave Pay under the usual PAYG withholding arrangements. You will need to include Parental Leave Pay in the total amounts on the employee’s annual or part-year payment summary(statements given to the employee for tax purposes).
5.Provide a record of Parental Leave Pay for your employee (usually a payslip).
6.Keep written financial records of receipt of Paid Parental Leave funds received from us and of the Parental Leave Pay provided to your employee.
7.Notify us:
•if and when your employee returns to work before or during their Paid Parental Leave period
•if and when your employee resigns from your business
•if you change your bank account details or your employee's pay cycle, or
•if you receive an incorrect amount of Paid Parental Leave funds from us or if you are unable to provide Parental Leave Pay to your employee.
8.Return any unpaid Paid Parental Leave funds to us.
9.Notify us in advance if you are:
•ceasing to trade
•selling your business, or
•transferring ownership or merging with another business.

How do I get ready for July 2011?
To make sure your business is ready to provide Parental Leave Pay to any eligible employees, you can register for the Paid Parental Leave scheme through Centrelink Business Online Services. If you do not have access to the internet you can call the Centrelink Business Hotline to register.

An Employer Business Requirement Statement (http:http://www.familyassist.gov.au/publications/paid-parental-leave---employer-business-requirement-statement) is available to assist employers, human resources staff, accountants and tax practitioners to prepare for the introduction of the Paid Parental Leave scheme.

Is my employee entitled to leave under the Paid Parental Leave scheme?
The Paid Parental Leave scheme does not provide an entitlement to leave. Parental Leave Pay is designed to complement existing leave entitlements, for example, the unpaid parental leave provision of the National Employment Standards under the Fair Work Act 2009.

Under the Fair Work Act 2009 if an employee has been employed by your business for 12 months or more, they may be entitled to access up to 12 months unpaid parental leave associated with the birth or adoption of a child. Where families prefer one parent to take a longer period of leave, that employee has the right to request up to an additional 12 months of unpaid parental leave.

It is important that your employee discusses their leave intentions with you.

For information about working entitlements and workplace obligations visit www.fairwork.gov.au or call 13 1394.
Stephanie Lee
Imprest Business Services
www.imprest.net.au
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Last Edit: 13 years 2 months ago by steph.
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