Paragraph 3

If an employee does not have normal working hours under the contract of employment in force in the period of notice the employer shall be liable to pay the employee for each week of the period of notice a sum not less than a week’s pay.

Subject to sub-paragraph (3), the employer’s obligation under this paragraph shall be conditional on the employee being ready and willing to do work of a reasonable nature and amount to earn a week’s pay.

Sub-paragraph (2) shall not apply—

and any payment made to an employee by his employer in respect of such a period, whether by way of sick pay F2statutory sick pay, F3maternity pay, statutory maternity pay, holiday pay or otherwise, shall be taken into account for the purposes of this paragraph as if it were remuneration paid by the employer in respect of that period.

Where the notice was given by the employee, the employer’s liability under this paragraph shall not arise unless and until the employee leaves the service of the employer in pursuance of the notice.