Section 34 — Paid Parental Leave Act 2010: When a person performs qualifying work

(1) A person performs qualifying work on a day if at least one of the following applies on the day: (a) the person performs at least one hour of paid work; (b) the person takes a period of paid leave of at least one hour; (ca) the day is a flexible PPL day for a previous child of the person and parental leave pay was payable to the person on that day; (e) the day is in a jobkeeper payment period for the person; (f) the day is in a COVID-19 Australian Government payment period for the person. (2) For the purposes of paragraph (1)(b), the PPL rules may prescribe what is, or is not, taken to be paid leave. (3) A jobkeeper payment period for a person is a period for which: (a) an employer of the person is entitled to one or more jobkeeper payments for the person; or (b) the person themselves is entitled to one or more jobkeeper payments. (4) A jobkeeper payment is a payment that: (a) is payable by the Commonwealth in accordance with rules made under the Coronavirus Economic Response Package (Payments and Benefits) Act 2020; and (b) is known as jobkeeper payment. (5) A COVID-19 Australian Government payment period for a person is a period for which the person is entitled to a COVID-19 Australian Government payment. (6) A COVID-19 Australian Government payment is: (a) a payment or grant of financial assistance covered by item 492 of the table in Part 4 of Schedule 1AB to the Financial Framework (Supplementary Powers) Regulations 1997; or (b) a payment or grant of financial assistance by the Commonwealth that is prescribed by the PPL rules for the purposes of this paragraph.