Employees will soon be able to access 10 days of paid family and domestic violence leave in a 12-month period.
Key points
- Full-time, part-time and casual employees will be able to access 10 days of paid family and domestic violence leave in a 12-month period. It won’t be pro-rated for part-time or casual employees.
- The full 10-day leave entitlement will be available upfront. It won’t accumulate from year to year if it’s not used.
- The leave will be available from:
- 1 February 2023, for employees of non-small business employers (employers with 15 or more employees on 1 February 2023)
- 1 August 2023, for employees of small business employers (employers with less than 15 employees on 1 February 2023).
- The new leave provisions will be independently reviewed after 12 months to consider the impacts on small businesses, sole traders and people experiencing family and domestic violence.
- Employees will continue to be entitled to 5 days of unpaid family and domestic violence leave until they can access the new paid entitlement.
10 days of paid family and domestic violence leave
All employees in the Fair Work system (including part-time and casual employees) will be entitled to 10 days of paid family and domestic violence leave in a 12-month period. This new entitlement will replace the existing entitlement to 5 days of unpaid family and domestic violence leave under the National Employment Standards.
Employees will be entitled to the full 10 days upfront, meaning they won’t have to accumulate it over time. The leave won’t accumulate from year to year if it isn’t used.
The new leave entitlement will be available from:
- 1 February 2023, for employees of non-small business employers
- 1 August 2023, for employees of small business employers.
Employees can still access 5 days of unpaid family and domestic violence leave until the new paid leave entitlement becomes available to them. Find out more about unpaid family and domestic violence leave.
What you can do to prepare
Fairwork are currently updating their website information, tools and resources and will have more information available closer to when these changes start.
In the meantime, you can:
- Find out more about unpaid family and domestic violence leave and download our Employer guide to family and domestic violence
- Read The Hon Tony Burke MP’s media release at Universal paid leave for family and domestic violence
More Information
For more information please head to the Fair-work Website
