Calculation of a week’s payE+W+S
31. Where—
(a)under Chapter 2 of Part 14 of the 1996 Act, the amount of a week’s pay of an employee falls to be calculated by reference to the average rate of remuneration, or the average amount of remuneration, payable to the employee in respect of a period of twelve weeks ending on a particular date (referred to as “the calculation date”);
(b)during a week in that period, the employee was absent from work on paternity leave or ordinary or additional adoption leave, and
(c)remuneration is payable to the employee in respect of that week under his contract of employment, but the amount payable is less than the amount that would be payable if he were working,
that week shall be disregarded for the purpose of the calculation and account shall be taken of remuneration in earlier weeks so as to bring up to twelve the number of weeks of which account is taken.
Commencement Information
I1Reg. 31 in force at 8.12.2002, see reg. 1