Reduction of payments
12.—(1) Where a steel employee –
(a)on any day in a week for which he is eligible for a payment under Articles 4 or 5, although unemployed, is not available for work and is not stated to be incapable of work in accordance with the provisions of the Social Security (Medical Evidence) Regulations 1976; or
(b)is disallowed unemployment benefit or is disqualified under section 20(1) of the 1975 Act for such day,
any such payment for that week shall be abated by one sixth for each such day in that week.
(2) Where a steel employee is absent from work without pay and without the consent of his employer (other than by reason of having been stated to be incapable of work as mentioned in paragraph (1)(a) above) on any day or from any shift in a week for which he is eligible for a payment under Article 3(1), that payment shall be abated by the fraction a/w where “a” is the number of days or shifts in that week on which the said employee is absent as aforesaid and “w” is the number of days or shifts in that week on which he would have worked had he not been so absent.
(3) Where a redundant or transferred employee who obtains other full-time employment leaves that employment and the Secretary of State is satisfied that he did so in consequence of misconduct or without just cause, that employee shall not, for such period as the Secretary of State considers appropriate, be eligible for any weekly payment under the Scheme by reference to the same relevant event in relation to any week after the week in which he so left that employment.