Transferring parental leave payments

You can transfer all or some of your parental leave payments to your spouse or partner as long as you both meet the work requirements. For example, you could transfer some of your parental leave payments to your spouse or partner so you can both spend time with your new child or baby. They must:

stop working

have primary responsibility for the day-to-day care of the child (this means they must be the main person looking after the child)

meet the work requirements for parental leave payments.

Your spouse or partner’s paid parental leave payment depends on the amount of income they earn. That means their payments could be different to yours.

The rules for transferring parental leave payments are not the same as the more flexible rules for sharing parental leave.