Pharmacy Daily | Paid parental leave burden

THE Pharmacy Guild says it’s disappointed that the new paid parental leave payments approved last week won’t be administered by a government agency. The Guild welcomed the passage of the landmark legislation, saying the reform “recognises the need to enhance the wellbeing of young children in infancy by providing better support for their parents to take time away from work”. However the government rejected amendments to the legislation which would have seen the payments administered through the Family Assistance office “rather than imposing this considerable burden on small business owners such as community pharmacists. “Throughout the consultation progress the Government has failed to understand the concerns of the Guild and other small business organisations with regard to the additional administrative and compliance burden” of the scheme, the Guild said in a statement. The Guild added that as the representative of more than 4,000 community pharmacies across Australia - “many owned and operated by women” - it would also be closely monitoring the resolution of a number of other issues in relation to the legislation, including what happens with regard to oncosts such as workers compensation and payroll taxes.

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