# The National Minimum Wage Regulations 2015, Regulation 23: Absences from work to be reduced from the salaried hours work in a pay reference period


(1) The hours a worker is absent from work are to be subtracted from the hours of salaried hours work in a pay reference period if all of the following conditions are met—
(a) the employer is entitled under the worker’s contract to reduce the annual salary due to the absence;
(b) the employer pays the worker less than the normal proportion of annual salary in the pay reference period as a result of the absence.
(2) The hours during which a worker takes industrial action are to be subtracted from the hours of salaried hours work in a pay reference period if an annual salary was payable for those hours, or would have been payable but for the industrial action.

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Source: https://www.legislation.gov.uk/ukdsi/2015/9780111127964/regulation/23 (the official version)
Page: https://openlegislation.uk/draft-national-minimum-wage-regulations-2015/regulation-23
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