• Table of Contents
• Foreword
• 1. Australia’s Paid Parental Leave scheme at a glance
• 2. Why Australia needs a Paid Parental Leave scheme
• 3. What Paid Parental Leave will achieve
• 4. Key outcomes of the Productivity Commission inquiry
• 5. Paid Parental Leave eligibility
• 6. The financial benefits for new parents
• 7. Claiming Paid Parental Leave
• 8. The role of employers
• 9. Interaction with existing leave entitlements
• 10. Implementation
• 11. Government changes to the Productivity Commission’s scheme
• 12. Review and evaluation
• 13. Further information
• Appendix

Australia’s Paid Parental Leave Scheme

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12. Review and evaluation

The Government will undertake a comprehensive review of the scheme, starting two years after the scheme commences.  It will take into account emerging evaluation findings, the views of stakeholders on the future development of the scheme and economic circumstances at that time. The review will consider:

• the introduction of compulsory employer-funded superannuation contributions for PPL recipients; and
• the introduction of a paternity leave component.

There also will be an evaluation of the scheme to determine how effective it is in achieving its objectives. Baseline data will be collected in 2010. In subsequent years, there will be surveys of parents and employers who have been involved in the scheme.

Both the evaluation and the review will be completed by the end of 2014. The Government will announce any changes to the scheme on the completion of its review.

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