Posts tagged "PPL"

The Albanese government has announced an additional six weeks will be added to Australia’s current Paid Parental Leave scheme, giving parents a total of six months of total leave payable.

Labor has confirmed it will not yet seek to increase Commonwealth-funded paid parental leave entitlements to 26 weeks, nor would it add superannuation to the parental leave payments.

Australia's current 18-week scheme has barely changed since its introduction 12 years ago, and it remains ones of the least generous across OECD countries.

A draft report from the Productivity Commission has questioned the benefits of the federal government’s paid parental leave scheme, recomm…