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Keyword index

Keyword: parental leave pay (PLP) - eligibility

1.1.A.10 Absence from Australia
1.1.A.110 Australian residency test
1.1.A.120 Australian resident
1.1.C.143 Conditional eligibility determination
1.1.E.30 Eligibility
1.1.H.10 Has not previously satisfied the work & income tests
1.1.I.70 Initial eligibility determination
1.1.K.10 Keeping in touch day
1.1.P.140 Permissible purpose
1.1.P.150 Portability
1.1.P.230 Primary carer
1.1.R.05 Recall to duty
1.1.R.50 Returns to work
1.1.S.95 Summons or other compulsory process
1.1.S.100 Surrogacy arrangement
1.1.T.50 Temporary inability to care
2.1.1 Eligibility differences between PLP & DAPP
2.2.1.10 PLP core eligibility requirements
2.2.1.20 PPL period
2.2.1.30 Flexible PPL
2.2.10 Who is a primary claimant for PLP?
2.2.11 Who is a secondary claimant for PLP?
2.2.6.10 Shared care situations for PLP
2.2.12 Who is a tertiary claimant for PLP?
2.2.2 PPL scheme work test for PLP
2.2.3 PPL scheme income test for PLP
2.2.13 Return to work & when paid work is for a permissible purpose for PLP
2.2.4.10 Australian residency test for PLP
2.2.4.20 Absences from Australia for PLP
2.2.4.30 NARWP for PLP & DAPP
2.2.5 Who is a primary carer for PLP?
2.2.6 Birth mother is primary carer for PLP purposes
2.2.6.20 Disputed care situations/loss of care for child for PLP
2.2.7 Primary carer is person other than birth mother for PLP purposes
2.2.7.10 Primary carer for PLP - adoptive parents
2.2.7.20 Primary carer for PLP - partner of birth mother or partner of initial primary carer adoptive parent, or the child's other legal parent or their partner
2.2.7.30 Primary carer for PLP - other carer of a child
2.2.8 Person no longer primary carer - PLP remains payable
2.2.9 Person no longer primary carer - PLP not payable
2.2.14 Not eligible for PLP - claimant deceased
2.3.9 DAPP claim interactions with other PLP or DAPP claims
6.2 Initial eligibility & payability determinations for PLP