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Regulation 6 Employer’s hardship awards

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(1)

An employer shall, if an adjudication officer is satisfied that—

(a)

the employer is eligible for an employer’s standard award and has incurred costs exceeding one and a half times the amount to which an award under regulation 5(2)(a) or (b) is limited; and

(b)

the incurring of such costs has caused or will cause that employer financial hardship which an employer’s standard award will be insufficient to relieve,

be entitled to an employer’s hardship award.

(2)

For the purposes of this Part and Part IV “an employer’s hardship award” means an amount sufficient to relieve the hardship referred to in paragraph 1(b) above.