Australian employers are required to provide paid parental leave to eligible employees from 1 July 2011. For more information, please visit the Family Assistance Office website at http://www.humanservices.gov.au/customer/themes/families.
To process paid parental leave for employees, you'll need to set up an allowance.
Set up an allowance for paid parental leave:
Choose Setups, Payroll, Allowances, Maintain.
In the Allowance Code field, enter a code for this allowance, for example, PPL, and then press Enter.
In the Description field, type a description, for example, Paid Parental Leave.
In the Type field, choose Find (F2) and select V = Value.
In the Tax Status field, choose Find (F2) and select B = Before Tax.
In the Tax Certificate Code field, choose Find (F2) and select 1 = Include in Tax Certificate Totals.
Select the Expense Account tab and in the Expense Account field, enter the general ledger code.
Choose Accept (F9).
🤓 Tip: Normally annual and personal carers leave is not accrued while an employee is receiving paid parental leave. To stop leave accruing for an employee see Stop Leave accruing.
Paid Parental amounts sometimes come through as large lump sum amounts for a greater period than normal. You may need to process them separately to the normal pay run so the Period End dates are correct that they relate to.