2021 No. 487
The Employment Rights Act 1996 (Coronavirus, Calculation of a Week’s Pay) (Amendment) (No. 2) Regulations 2021
Made
Laid before Parliament
Coming into force
The Secretary of State makes the following Regulations in exercise of the powers conferred by sections 228(4) and 236(5) of the Employment Rights Act 19961.
Citation, commencement and extent1
1
These Regulations may be cited as the Employment Rights Act 1996 (Coronavirus, Calculation of a Week’s Pay) (Amendment) (No. 2) Regulations 2021 and come into force on 30th April 2021.
2
These Regulations extend to England and Wales and Scotland.
Amendment of the Employment Rights Act 1996 (Coronavirus, Calculation of a Week’s Pay) Regulations 20202
The Employment Rights Act 1996 (Coronavirus, Calculation of a Week’s Pay) Regulations 20202 are amended as follows.
Amendment of regulation 2 (interpretation)3
In regulation 2(1), in the definition of “Coronavirus Job Retention Scheme”, for “30th April” substitute “30th September”.
Amendment of regulation 3 (calculation of a week’s pay in relation to furloughed employees)4
In regulation 3(2)(a), for “30th April” substitute “30th September”.
Amendment of regulation 8 (calculation of a week’s pay in relation to employee with no normal working hours)5
For regulation 8(4)(b), substitute—
b
“Scheme cap” means the amount of—
i
£2,500 per month (or the appropriate pro-rata), or
ii
£576.92 per week,
as applicable, specified in relation to qualifying costs in the Coronavirus Job Retention Scheme3.
(This note is not part of the Regulations)