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2.8 Performing paid work on a day

Introduction

In order to be eligible for PLP on a flexible PPL day a person must not be performing more than one hour of paid work (1.1.P.20) on that day.

Exceptions

There are exceptions to the requirement not to be performing more than one hour of paid work on a day, as follows:

  • The child is stillborn (1.1.S.90) or has died before that day.
  • The person is a defence force member or law enforcement officer who is performing paid work because they have been compulsorily recalled to duty (1.1.R.05).
  • The person returned to work in response to a state, territory or national emergency and they are a health professional, emergency services worker or other essential worker (1.1.E.95).
  • The person is performing paid work on a day because they have to comply with the requirements of a summons or other compulsory process (1.1.S.95).
  • The person is the birth mother of the child, and the child is required to remain in hospital or is hospitalised immediately after their birth.
    • The work can be disregarded if it occurs within the period that starts 14 days after the child is born and ends on the day the child is discharged from hospital.
    • The child must have been hospitalised because either, the child was born prematurely, the child developed a complication or contracted an illness during their period of gestation or at birth, or the child developed a complication or contracted an illness following their birth.
  • The person is the parent of the child that is not the birth mother, the partner of that person or the partner of the birth mother, and the child is required to remain in hospital or is hospitalised immediately after their birth.
    • The work can be disregarded if it occurs within the period that starts on the day the child is born and ends on the day the child is discharged from hospital.
    • The child must have been hospitalised because either, the child was born prematurely, the child developed a complication or contracted an illness during their period of gestation or at birth, or the child developed a complication or contracted an illness following their birth.
  • The person has lost care (1.1.L.30) of their child under certain circumstances.
  • The child is stillborn or has died before that day and the person is the birth mother of the child who would have relinquished care of the child if not for the stillbirth or death, as part of a surrogacy or adoption arrangement, or because child was removed from their care by a state or territory child protection agency or in accordance with a decision of a court of a state or territory.

Act reference: PPLAct 31AA When a person is eligible for PLP on a flexible PPL day for a child

PPL Rules Part 2 Division 2—Matters relating to when a person is eligible for PLP

Policy reference: PPL Guide 2.1 PLP Eligibility overview

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