Paid Family and Domestic Violence Leave

Paid Family and Domestic Violence (PFDV) Leave came into effect on February 1 2023.

The key Payroll implications for this new legislation are as follows:

• Each employee is entitled to 10 days paid PFDV Leave annually.
• The leave is available, in full, to full-time employees and also part-time and casual employees where those employees are scheduled/rostered to work.
• Until the ATO formulates specific guidelines for reporting this leave in Single Touch Payroll (STP), it must be reported as Leave Type "Other".
• When this leave is taken by an Employee, note that their Payslips must not show that the payment is for PFDV Leave for safety reasons. Instead the PFDV Leave should be shown as "Other Leave" or "Miscellaneous Leave".

The screenshot below shows how to create a new Leave for handling PFDV Leave in Eclipse Payroll. You can create this Leave now and attach all eligible Employees to it. Or wait until you have an Employee who needs to use it and create it then.

Employees attached to this Leave will receive a fixed allotment of 10 days Leave per annum for PFDV. This accrual becomes available when the Leave starts and is topped up if required each anniversary thereafter.

Use the Templates button to quickly setup this type of Leave.