Education and Skills Act 2008

Prospective

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(1) In this Chapter, “ relevant contract of employment ” means a contract of employment—

(a)under which the employee is required to work for at least 20 hours per week,

(b)which—

(i)has a fixed term of 8 weeks or longer, or

(ii)does not have a fixed term but can reasonably be expected to be, or has been, in force for at least 8 weeks, and

(c)under which the place of work, or one of the places where the employee may be required to work, is in England.

(2)But a contract is not a “relevant contract of employment” if—

(a)the employer has undertaken to provide the employee with sufficient relevant training or education in each relevant period, and

(b)by virtue of the contract, the employee is in full-time occupation for the purposes of this Part.