Company chiefs call for means testing of paid parental leave COMPANY directors and chief executives have rounded on the federal Coalition's $5.5-billion-a-year paid parental leave policy, warning it should at least be means tested and would make little difference in helping women to return to work. In a "captain's call" that has provoked criticism both within and outside the Coalition, Liberal leader Tony Abbott has promised to introduce a scheme paying new mothers half their annual salary, capped at $150,000.