Document ID: chunk:federal_register_of_legislation:C2022A00050:clause:2_54
Version: federal_register_of_legislation:C2022A00050
Segment Type: clause
Provision Reference: sch 2 cl 54
Character Range: 22092–23495

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.

[Minister's second reading speech made in—
House of Representatives on 28 July 2022
Senate on 8 September 2022]
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