Queensland Consolidated Acts Queensland Consolidated Acts(1) This section applies if an employee wants to take parental leave, other than maternity leave or adoption leave.
(2) The employee must give the employer--
(a) for long parental leave--at least 10 weeks written notice of intention to take the leave; and
(b) at least 4 weeks written notice of the dates on which the employee wants to start and end the leave.
(3) The employee must, before starting the leave, give the employer--
(a) a doctor's certificate confirming that the employee's spouse is pregnant and the expected date of birth; and
(b) for long parental leave--a statutory declaration by the employee stating--
(i) the period of any maternity leave sought by the employee's spouse; and
(ii) the employee is seeking the leave to be the child's primary caregiver.