Setting up PPL (Aus)

Use allowances with Sub-type = "Paid Parental Leave" to pay and track government-provided PPL transactions in Australian databases.

Important: You should not use these allowances to pay and track employer-provided parental leave entitlements.

Create a daily allowance with the following values:


Field	Value	Details
Description	PPL	We recommend entering a Description that is no longer than 4 characters so your payslip report can display the full payment description and the PPL transaction dates. For example: "PPL 10/10/11-14/10/11".
Note: If you enter a Description that is longer than 4 characters (such as PPLEAVE), then most payslip reports will not have enough space to the full payment description. For example: "PPLE 10/10/11-14/10/11"
Details (i) tab
Type	A. Allowance
Sub-type	Paid Parental Leave	Enabled when you add a new allowance record with Type = "A. Allowance". Disabled after you save the allowance record. You cannot model the Sub-type field value, but the value is copied when you model the allowance record.
Note: If you create an allowance with Type = "A. Allowance" and Sub-type = "Paid Parental Leave", and change the Type value before you save the record, the Sub-type is reset to Blank.
Unit rate	114.0000	Government-provided PPL is based on a 7.6-hour working day at the National Minimum Wage hourly rate (currently $15.0000).
Note: You could obtain cost centre and General Ledger account details from your finance team.

The following table shows legislated default field values for allowances with Sub-type = "Paid Parental Leave". You can edit some of these values.


Field	Default Value	Details
Details (i) tab
Rate	First override rate in list	Based on fixed rate provided by Centrelink
Calculation method	Quantity	Uses Quantity and Rate to derive a total amount
Paying	Yes	Not editable PPL is always paid to the employee
Taxable	Yes	Not editable PPL is taxed in the same way as other salary or wage payments
Details (ii) tab
Hidden allowance	No	PPL payment must be shown on reports according to legal requirements
Details (iii) tab
Note: If your company has contracts or awards that continue leave accruals and superannuation payments while the employee is receiving PPL, then you may need to change some of these fields to "Yes".
Use in AL calculations	No	Employees receiving PPL are not legislatively required to accrue leave
Use in Super OTE	No	Employees receiving PPL are not legislatively required to be paid superannuation
Use in Super salary or wages	No	Employees receiving PPL are not legislatively required to be paid superannuation
Include in FTE calculations	No	Allowance is not included as FTE hours
Tax deductible (print on Payment Summary)	No	Do not display the value separately on Payment Summaries — it is included in the Taxable Allowances area.
Details (iv) tab
Superannuation allowance	No	Not a superannuation allowance

Further Reading: For more details, see the Leave manual.