Sch 1 s 54Entitlement to extended paid family and domestic violence leave provisions

54 Entitlement to extended paid family and domestic violence leave provisions

National system employees

(1) The amendments made by Schedule 2 to the amending Act apply in relation to a national system employee, whether the employee’s employment started before or after the commencement of that Schedule.

Non‑national system employees

(2) The amendments made by Schedule 2 to the amending Act apply in relation to a non‑national system employee whose employment starts on or after the deferred start day.

(3) The amendments made by Schedule 2 to the amending Act also apply, from the deferred start day, in relation to a non‑national system employee whose employment started before the deferred start day, as if the period:

(a) starting on the deferred start day; and

(b) ending on the first day after the deferred start day that is an anniversary of the day the employment started;

were a 12 month period.

Start of casual employment

(4) For the purposes of this clause, if an employee is employed by a particular employer:

(a) as a casual employee; or

(b) for a specified period of time, for a specified task or for the duration of a specified season;

the start of the employee’s employment is taken to be the start of the employee’s first employment with that employer.