Common use of Unpaid Parental Leave Clause in Contracts

Unpaid Parental Leave. 6.7.1 Unpaid parental leave provisions are provided for in the NES (Chapter 2, Part 2-2, Division 5: sections 67 to 85 of the Fair Work Act 2009) as follows: (a) Eligibility – 12 months of service (b) Adoption leave – child must be under 16 (c) Transfer of employment situations (d) Entitlement – 12 months unpaid leave (e) The period of leave – non-employee couples (f) The period of leave – employee couples (g) Employee may be required to take leave 6 weeks before birth (h) Notice and evidence requirements (i) Extending period of leave – up to initial 12 months (j) Extending period of leave – a further period of 12 months (k) Reducing period of leave (l) End of pregnancy or child dies (m) Ceasing to be responsible for child (n) Accessing paid leave (o) Keeping in touch days (p) Leave not extended by keeping in touch days (q) Unpaid special maternity leave (pregnancy related illness or pregnancy ends) (r) Transfer to a safe job (s) Paid no safe job leave (t) Employee on paid no safe job leave – further medical certificate (u) Unpaid no safe job leave (v) Consultation with employee on leave – where significant effect on job (w) Return to work guarantee (x) Replacement employees (y) Unpaid pre-adoption leave 6.7.2 For information purposes, a summary of the NES provisions are provided on the Fair Work Ombudsman website. 6.7.3 The normal guidelines and application procedures of the employer will be used to access unpaid parental leave.

Unpaid Parental Leave. 6.7.1 Unpaid parental leave provisions are provided for in the NES (Chapter 2, Part 2-2, Division 5: sections 67 to 85 of the Fair Work Act 2009) as follows: (a) Eligibility – 12 months of service (b) Adoption leave – child must be under 16 (c) Transfer of employment situations (d) Entitlement – 12 months unpaid leave (e) The period of leave – non-employee couples (f) The period of leave – employee couples (g) Employee may be required to take leave 6 weeks before birth (h) Notice and evidence requirements (i) Extending period of leave – up to initial 12 months (j) Extending period of leave – a further period of 12 months (k) Reducing period of leave (l) End of pregnancy or child dies (m) Ceasing to be responsible for child (n) Accessing paid leave (o) Keeping in touch days (p) Leave not extended by keeping in touch days (q) Unpaid special maternity leave (pregnancy related illness or pregnancy ends) (r) Transfer to a safe job (s) Paid no safe job leave (t) Employee on paid no safe job leave – further medical certificate (u) Unpaid no safe job leave (v) Consultation with employee on leave – where significant effect on job (w) Return to work guarantee (x) Replacement employees (y) Unpaid pre-adoption leave 6.7.2 For information purposes, a summary of the NES provisions are provided on the Fair Work Ombudsman website. 6.7.3 The normal guidelines and application procedures of the employer will be used to access unpaid parental leave.