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nz/guidance/employment-nz/parental-leave-payments — Employment New Zealand — Parental leave payments · Axiom
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Employment New Zealand — Parental leave payments
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Parental leave payments
Parental leave payments
Parental leave payments are separate to parental leave
Your employer’s obligations
Offering extra parental leave pay
Who can get parental leave payments
Work requirements for employees
Work requirements for self-employed people
Parental leave payments for eligible employees
Parental leave payments for eligible self-employed people
Example
If you’re self-employed and an employee
Payments start date
Start date if you’re the birth mother
Start date if you’re the birth mother’s spouse or partner
Start date for other primary carers of a child under 6
Starting your payments after other paid leave
Payments end date
Applying for parental leave payments
Miscarriage and stillbirth
Preterm baby payments
Preterm baby payments and parental leave payments
Applying for a preterm baby payment
Payments if a child comes into your care at short notice
If the birth mother dies or is excluded from baby’s care, and had not applied or did not qualify for payments
If the primary carer dies or is excluded from child’s care and was eligible for payments
Other situations
Transferring parental leave payments
Payment period is continuous
Work requirements for transferring payments
Transferring payments if you’re giving birth
Transferring payments if you’re not giving birth
Transferring payments before they’ve started
Transferring payments after they’ve started
Transfers if taking other leave first
When to apply for a transfer
What if I’m not eligible or entitled to payments?
