# Employment Protection (Consolidation) Act 1978, Paragraph 18

Extent: E+W+S

If an employee of an employer is taken into the employment of another employer who, at the time when the employee enters his employment is an associated employer of the first-mentioned employer, the employee’s period of employment at that time shall count as a period of employment with the second-mentioned employer and the change of employer shall not break the continuity of the period of employment.

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Source: https://www.legislation.gov.uk/ukpga/1978/44/schedule/13/paragraph/18 (the official version)
Page: https://openlegislation.uk/employment-protection-consolidation-act-1978/schedule-13/paragraph-18
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