Section 54 — Fair Work Act 2009: 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.