8Simplified outline of this Part

8 Simplified outline of this Part

Under the Act, there are a number of criteria that determine whether a person is eligible for parental leave pay for a child on a day. This Part provides for matters relating to:

(a) when a person is eligible for parental leave pay; and

(b) the work test.

Subdivisions A and B of Division 2 prescribe conditions that certain claimants must satisfy to be eligible for parental leave pay on a flexible PPL day for a child.

Subdivision C of Division 2 prescribes conditions related to ineligibility for parental leave pay on a flexible PPL day for a child.

Division 3 prescribes matters relating to the work test including:

(a) when unpaid leave is taken to be paid leave;

(b) when activities undertaken by a person are taken not to be paid work.

Division 3 also prescribes a method relating to how to calculate the number of hours a person is taken to have worked if the person performs qualifying work on a day that is in a jobkeeper payment period or COVID‑19 Australian Government payment period.

Further, Division 3 also prescribes special circumstances for the purposes of a person satisfying the work test on a day.