The Jobseeker’s Allowance Regulations (Northern Ireland) 1996

Persons treated as engaged in remunerative work

52.—(1) Except in the case of a person on maternity leave or absent from work through illness, a person shall be treated as engaged in remunerative work during any period for which he is absent from work referred to in regulation 51(1) (remunerative work) where the absence is either without good cause or by reason of a recognised, customary or other holiday.

(2) For the purposes of an income-based jobseeker’s allowance, the partner of a claimant shall be treated as engaged in remunerative work where—

(a) the partner is or was involved in a trade dispute;

(b) had the partner claimed a jobseeker’s allowance, Article 16 of the Order (trade disputes) would have applied in his case, and

(c) the claimant was not entitled to an income-based jobseeker’s allowance when the partner became involved in the trade dispute,

and shall be so treated for a period of 7 days beginning on, and including, the date the stoppage of work at the partner’s place of employment commenced, or if there was no stoppage of work, the date on which the partner first withdrew his labour in furtherance of the trade dispute.

(3) A person who was, or was treated as being, engaged in remunerative work and in respect of that work earnings to which regulation 98(1)(b) and (c) (earnings of employed earners) applies are paid, shall be treated as engaged in remunerative work for the period for which those earnings are taken into account in accordance with Part VIII (income and capital).