Employment Protection (Consolidation) Act 1978 (c. 44)

SCHEDULES

SCHEDULE 12 Death of Employee or Employer

PART III Redundancy Payments: Death of Employer

Lay-off and short-time

18 The provisions of paragraph 19 or (as the case may be) paragraph 20 shall have effect where the employee has given to the deceased employer notice of intention to claim, and—

(a) the deceased employer has died before the end of the next four weeks after the service of that notice, and

(b) the employee has not terminated the contract of employment by notice expiring before the death of the deceased employer.