# Employment Rights Act 1996, Paragraph 14


(1) Subject to paragraph 13 and sub-paragraphs (2) and (3) of this paragraph, Chapter I of Part XIV applies to periods before this Act comes into force as it applies to later periods.
(2) If, during the whole or any part of a week beginning before 6th July 1964, an employee was absent from work—
(a) because he was taking part in a strike, or
(b) because of a lock-out by his employer,
the week counts as a period of employment.
(3) Any week which counted as a period of employment in the computation of a period of employment for the purposes of the Employment Protection (Consolidation) Act 1978 counts as a period of employment for the purposes of this Act; and any week which did not break the continuity of a person’s employment for the purposes of that Act shall not break the continuity of a period of employment for the purposes of this Act.

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Source: https://www.legislation.gov.uk/ukpga/1996/18/schedule/2/paragraph/14 (the official version)
Page: https://openlegislation.uk/employment-rights-act-1996/schedule-2/paragraph-14
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