# The Guarantee Payments (Exemption) (No. 18) Order 1978, Paragraph 2


It is agreed that in the event of short time working or temporary lay off, each employee will be paid the Day Rate for each day up to a maximum of TEN days in any period of twenty-six consecutive weeks. The amount to be paid in respect of each day will be a fifth of the Day Rate per standard working week of forty hours.

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Source: https://www.legislation.gov.uk/uksi/1978/826/schedule/3/paragraph/2 (the official version)
Page: https://openlegislation.uk/guarantee-payments-exemption-no-18-order-1978/schedule-3/paragraph-2
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