Parental Leave and Employment Protection Amendment Bill

The Bill extends the duration of paid parental leave from 12 to 14 weeks progressively over a two-year period and provides new paid leave entitlements to employees who have worked for the same employer for between 6 and 12 months who are not covered by the Parental Leave and Employment Protection Act 1987.

Bill Events

Event	Date		Ayes	Noes	Abstentions
Royal Assent	8 Nov 2004
Third Reading	3 Nov 2004		n/a *	n/a *	n/a *
In Committee	2 Nov 2004
Second Reading	21 Oct 2004		n/a *	n/a *	n/a *
SC Reports	9 Aug 2004	The Social Services Committee reported on this bill.
Submissions Due	25 Jun 2004
First Reading	26 May 2004		n/a *	n/a *	n/a *
Introduction	17 May 2004

* We don't have voting data from before Nov 2005 in our database at present.