Employment Rights Act 1996 (c. 18)

SCHEDULES

SCHEDULE 2 E+W+S Transitional provisions, savings and transitory provisions

Part I E+W+S Transitional provisions and savings

Periods of employment E+W+S

14 (1) Subject to paragraph 13 and sub-paragraphs (2) and (3) of this paragraph, Chapter I of Part XIV applies to periods before this Act comes into force as it applies to later periods. E+W+S

(2) If, during the whole or any part of a week beginning before 6th July 1964, an employee was absent from work—

(a) because he was taking part in a strike, or

(b) because of a lock-out by his employer,

the week counts as a period of employment.

(3) Any week which counted as a period of employment in the computation of a period of employment for the purposes of the M1 Employment Protection (Consolidation) Act 1978 counts as a period of employment for the purposes of this Act; and any week which did not break the continuity of a person’s employment for the purposes of that Act shall not break the continuity of a period of employment for the purposes of this Act.

Marginal Citations

M1 1978 c. 44.