Regulation 81 Calculation of net earnings of employed earners

(1)

For the purposes of regulation 76 (calculation of earnings derived from employed earner’s employment and income other than earnings) the earnings of a claimant derived from employment as an employed earner to be taken into account are the claimant’s net earnings.

(2)

For the purposes of paragraph (1) net earnings are to be calculated by taking into account the gross earnings of the claimant from that employment less—

(a)

any amount deducted from those earnings by way of—

(i)

income tax;

(ii)

primary Class 1 contributions under section 6(1)(a) of the Contributions and Benefits Act^f1;

(b)

one-half of any sum paid by the claimant in respect of a pay period by way of a contribution towards an occupational or personal pension scheme.

Annotations

Footnotes

f1: Section 6 was substituted by paragraph 2 of Schedule 9 to the Welfare Reform and Pensions Act 1999 (c.30).