Partner Leave
Teaching Service
The purpose of partner leave is to enable an employee who has accepted responsibility for the care of a child (or children in respect of a multiple birth) to take leave to care for the child (or children in respect of a multiple birth) and/or the mother of the child (or children in respect of a multiple birth).
An employee who submits satisfactory evidence that he or she has accepted responsibility for the care of a child (or children in respect of a multiple birth) will be granted partner leave with pay, at the rate the employee would have received but for the absence on partner leave, for up to 38 hours in aggregate to care for the child (or children in respect of a multiple birth) and/or the mother of the child.
Satisfactory evidence includes:
- medical certificate stating the expected birth date, or
- medical certificate stating the actual birth date, or
- certified photocopy of the extract of birth entry.
Leave must be taken within the period commencing one week before the expected date of confinement or the date from which the employee accepts responsibility for the child, and six weeks after the actual date of confinement or the date from which the employee accepts responsibility for the child, unless otherwise approved by the Secretary.
An employee who is eligible for paid partner leave and is in receipt of payments under WorkSafe, is entitled to partner leave with pay less the amount paid by way of weekly compensation under the Accident Compensation Act 1985 and has no further entitlement to leave during the partner leave period.
An employee who is eligible for maternity or adoption leave is not eligible for partner leave in respect of the same child (or children in respect of a multiple birth).
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