SCHEDULES

SCHEDULE 7Emergency volunteering leave

PART 2Effect of taking emergency volunteering leave

Application of terms and conditions of employment

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1

An employee who takes emergency volunteering leave is, during any period of leave—

a

entitled to the benefit of all of the terms and conditions of employment which would have applied if the employee had not been absent, and

b

bound by any obligations arising under those terms and conditions (except in so far as they are inconsistent with paragraph 1).

2

In sub-paragraph (1) “terms and conditions of employment”—

a

includes matters connected with an employee's employment whether or not they arise under the contract of employment, but

b

does not include terms and conditions about remuneration.

3

For the purposes of this paragraph, only sums payable to an employee by way of wages or salary are to be treated as remuneration.