Entitlement to extended paid family and domestic violence leave provisions
54 Entitlement to extended paid family and domestic violence leave provisions
National system employees
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
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.
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:
starting on the deferred start day; and
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
For the purposes of this clause, if an employee is employed by a particular employer:
as a casual employee; or
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]
(58/22)
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