Industrial Relations Act 2016

A pregnant employee is entitled to an unbroken period of up to 52 weeks unpaid birth-related leave.

For the birth of a child of an employee’s spouse, the employee is entitled to—

a total of 8 weeks unpaid short birth-related leave; or

an unbroken period of up to 52 weeks unpaid long birth-related leave.

The employee’s short birth-related leave—

if the employee’s spouse gave birth to a child and is taking long birth-related leave—may be taken concurrently with the employee’s spouse’s long birth-related leave; and

may be taken in an unbroken period or broken periods; and

if the employee takes short birth-related leave other than immediately after the birth of the child—must be for a minimum 2-week period.