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Parental Leave Planner

Split parental leave between partners and total the shared benefit.

About Parental Leave Planner

Leave weeks are split between the two parents, each receiving the benefit-per-week for their share, and the gap to full pay is shown. Many schemes split a shared allowance, so each parent can see how reallocating weeks changes the combined household income.

Formula

Parental Leave

Benefit = weekly pay x pay% x weeks (per partner)

benefit pct
Percentage of weekly pay paid during leave

Worked example

With the default values below, Parental Leave Planner returns Total Benefit of $15,840. Change any input above and every figure here is recalculated in your browser.

Inputs used

Weekly payminimum 0
1,100
Pay during leaveaccepts 0–100 %
60 %
My leave weeksminimum 0 wks
12 wks
Total leave weeksminimum 1 wks
24 wks

Results

My Leave Pay
$7,920.00
Partner Leave Pay
$7,920.00
Total Benefit
$15,840
Income Gap
$10,560

Step by step

  1. 1Values used
  2. 2Parental Leave
  3. 3Total Benefit= 15,840
  4. 4My Leave Pay= 7,920.00
  5. 5Partner Leave Pay= 7,920.00
  6. 6Income Gap= 10,560

Assumptions and limits

  • The result is derived only from the 4 inputs listed above. Anything not among them is not part of the calculation.
  • In particular, this calculator does not take inflation, tax, fees or charges or compounding frequency into account.
  • Figures are rounded for display to 2 decimal places, so totals built from several rounded parts can differ slightly from the unrounded arithmetic.

How these calculators are built and tested is described on the Methodology page. If a figure looks wrong, please report it.

Frequently Asked Questions

How is Parental Leave calculated?

Benefit = weekly pay x pay% x weeks (per partner) Leave weeks are split between the two parents, each receiving the benefit-per-week for their share, and the gap to full pay is shown.

Why does Parental Leave matter?

Many schemes split a shared allowance, so each parent can see how reallocating weeks changes the combined household income.

What values do I need to enter?

This calculator takes 4 inputs: Weekly pay, Pay during leave, My leave weeks, Total leave weeks. The pre-filled defaults are a realistic starting point — replace them with figures from your own environment for a result you can act on.

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