Paid Parental Leave work test

[briggsy's girl]

Well, that just sucks. The whole month of April I worked isn't going to be considered? Seems unfair.

I can't pick up any work at this stage, who's going to hire a woman at 35 weeks pg? lol. I resigned about 10 weeks ago. So I'm probably officially screwed. Awesome. Thanks again centrelink for your confusing terms and conditions screwing me over yet again!

The ten week gap will render you ineligible for ppl, even if you get a job now. You have to have worked en of the 13 months before edd (so may 2012 to June 2013), with no gap exceeding 8 weeks between work days

[briggsy's girl]

You can apply, have it rejected and then appeal on the basis of ill health of your son. However you would have to price you were given o alternative but to resign. Unfortunately I think you're going to struggle to do that with the circumstances ou have given here. Don't falsify your edd. Why happens if you go post dates. Or you are asked to provide documentation ir the doctor tht you had o have the period from feb il w off due to the whooping cough and would ate otherwise worked through til 34 weeks? The doctor has to put your edd on the letter and then you can be caught for knowingly making a fraudulent claim which can be prosecuted...

The 13 month period applies to th 13 months IMMEDIATELY before your edd. And does carry qualifications (like no gap exceeding 8 weeks). Most people finish around 34 weeks which means they are essentially saying from the date 13 months before your edd until the date you hit 34 weeks (a period of 11.5 months) did you work for at least ten of those months

[briggsy's girl]

May 1st I could understand as that is 13 months - but May 5th - yes no idea.

It's written as "months" for simplicity but its actually calculated on days so that no one s disadvantaged (someone due in march would have two febs in the preceding thirteen months so could be as many as six days less in which to qualify when on pared to someone due in June with two mays in the previous 13 months...)

[wysiwyg]

So it is actually 10 months in the preceding 392 days?

Do you know how many days they use in a month?

E.g.

Is 10 months equal to 300 days?

I have always been vaguely curious as to why I didnt qualify as I thought 10 months but seems was slightly out on days.

I really think these eligibility criteria need to be rexamined - especially in light of the reduction in baby bonus for subsequent children as PPL is meant to be an alternative.

My previous employer for example you had to get a doctors note to confirm you were ok to work past 36 weeks - so it then seems odd to have EDD as the time point for PPL because as I said before people should be able to choose when they finish work based on their health and if they want to rather than needing to squeeze in more days due to PPL. Changing the qualifiying criteria to estimated 36 weeks would help people get in a qualifying period of work between children 1 & 2 for example.

[briggsy's girl]

There is a day limit but to be honest odd the top of my head I can't recall what it is.

All I can suggest is to put your feedback through to your local member of parliament. Unfortunately all fao staff can do is answer questions about the current rules - feedback needs to go far higher than us

[wysiwyg]

Cheers BG - I will do that - I should have cornered her at my citizenship ceremony :-)