Parental leave is an employee benefit received when an employee or an employee's partner gives birth (including stillbirth, surrogacy and adoption).

Parental Leave Pay is based on the weekly rate of the national minimum wage. You can get it for up to 18 weeks, which is 90 payable days.

It will include both:

• a continuous Paid Parental Leave period of up to 12 weeks which is 60 payable days
• 30 Flexible Paid Parental Leave days.

You can get Flexible Paid Parental Leave on days that you are:

• not working
• caring for your child.

Source: Service Australia