Paragraph 1.4 Temporary Lay-Off

Where work is temporarily stopped or is not provided by the employer and a payweek during which the operative actually works is followed by a complete payweek during which, although remaining available for work, he is prevented from performing actual work, he shall be paid for that payweek his guaranteed minimum weekly earnings as defined in NWR 1.1. Thereafter and while the stoppage of work continues and the operative is similarly prevented from actually working, he may be required by the employer to register as an unemployed person, in which event the provisions of NWR 13.3.4 relating to continuity of employment during temporary stoppage of work shall apply to him.