# Employment Protection (Consolidation) Act 1978, Paragraph 15

Extent: E+W+S

(1) A week shall not count under paragraph . . . 4, . . . 9 or 10 if in that week, or any part of that week, the employee takes part in a strike.
(2) The continuity of an employee’s period of employment is not broken by a week which does not count under this Schedule, and which begins after 5th July 1964 if in that week, or any part of that week, the employee takes part in a strike.
(3) Sub-paragraph (2) applies whether or not the week would, apart from sub-paragraph (1), have counted under this Schedule.
(4) The continuity of the period of employment is not broken by a week which begins after 5th July 1964 and which does not count under this Schedule, if in that week, or any part of that week, the employee is absent from work because of a lock-out by the employer.

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Source: https://www.legislation.gov.uk/ukpga/1978/44/schedule/13/paragraph/15 (the official version)
Page: https://openlegislation.uk/employment-protection-consolidation-act-1978/schedule-13/paragraph-15
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