Who Pays The Parental Leave
A commonly asked question when it comes to parental leave is, “who pays the parental leave – Is it the employer or the federal government?”
Who pays the Parental Leave?
The answer is: The Department of Human Services.
They manage any welfare payments such as age pension and paid parental leave. Once you have a Department of Human Services “customer reference number” (CRN,) all you have to do is give that to your employer and let them know that you are going to be receiving parental paid leave.
What happens after that is, they funnel the money through your employer and then your employer passes that money onto you. Alternatively, they can also pay directly, however that’s where it can get confusing.
Overall, your employer doesn’t pay for parental leave, it still comes from the Federal government and The Department of Human Services is how it is managed.
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