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Social Security Contributions and Benefits (Northern Ireland) Act 1992, Section 152 is up to date with all changes known to be in force on or before 04 March 2025. There are changes that may be brought into force at a future date. Changes that have been made appear in the content and are referenced with annotations.

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152 Notification of incapacity for work.N.I.
(1)Regulations shall prescribe the manner in which, and the time within which, notice of any day of incapacity for work is to be given by or on behalf of an employee to his employer.
(2)An employer who would, apart from this section, be liable to pay an amount of statutory sick pay to an employee in respect of a qualifying day (the “day in question”) shall be entitled to withhold payment of that amount if—
(a)the day in question is one in respect of which he has not been duly notified in accordance with regulations under subsection (1) above; or
(b)he has not been so notified in respect of any of the first three qualifying days in a period of entitlement (a “waiting day”) and the day in question is the first qualifying day in that period of entitlement in respect of which the employer is not entitled to withhold payment—
(i)by virtue of paragraph (a) above; or
(ii)in respect of an earlier waiting day by virtue of this paragraph.
(3)Where an employer withholds any amount of statutory sick pay under this section—
(a)the period of entitlement in question shall not be affected; and
(b)for the purposes of calculating his maximum entitlement in accordance with section 151 above the employee shall not be taken to have become entitled to the amount so withheld.
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