{
  "url": "https://openlegislation.uk/reserve-forces-call-out-and-recall-financial-assistance-regulations-1997/schedule-1/paragraph-2",
  "json_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/reserve-forces-call-out-and-recall-financial-assistance-regulations-1997/schedule-1/paragraph-2.json",
  "legislation": "uksi/1997/309",
  "legislation_title": "The Reserve Forces (Call-out and Recall) (Financial Assistance) Regulations 1997",
  "legislation_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/reserve-forces-call-out-and-recall-financial-assistance-regulations-1997",
  "path": "schedule/1/paragraph/2",
  "kind": "paragraph",
  "number": "2",
  "heading": null,
  "text": "An employer shall, on making a claim, provide to the adjudication officer the following information or documents—\n(a) earnings which he paid to the reservist in the 52 weeks immediately preceding the relevant date; or, if the reservist began employment with him on a day less than 52 weeks before the relevant date—\n(i) the earnings paid by him to the reservist in the complete weeks which have elapsed between that day and the relevant date; and\n(ii) written evidence of the earnings which the employer has contracted to pay to the reservist in the 52 weeks immediately following the relevant date;\n(b) details of any payments made for the benefit of the reservist, his spouse or dependants for accommodation or educational fees, or premiums in relation to a pension scheme, health or medical insurance or life assurance;\n(c) a statement of how the business has been harmed or will be harmed as a direct consequence of the reservist’s absence;\n(d) confirmation that staff similar to the reservist in qualifications, training, experience or the like are not available to cover the reservist’s absence and have not, except for misconduct or inefficiency, been—\n(i) given notice of dismissal or redundancy, or\n(ii) allowed early retirement,\nsince the employer became aware that the reservist has been or is to be called out or recalled for relevant service;\n(e) a statement of reasons why the absence of the reservist cannot be accommodated or the harm avoided or mitigated by making new arrangements with customers, suppliers, bankers or other persons or bodies having dealings with the business;\n(f) details of any safeguards against accident to, illness or other absence of the reservist;\n(g) a statement of the reasonable costs that he has incurred or expects to incur in replacing the reservist’s services during the period of relevant service (distinguishing between recurring and other costs, and including details of any payments made or expected to be made into a pension fund and any National Insurance contribution made or expected to be made), together with a certificate that he has adopted the most cost effective method of doing so available to him.",
  "extent": null,
  "status": null,
  "version": "current",
  "annotations": [],
  "outstanding_effects": [],
  "provenance": {
    "source": "legislation.gov.uk",
    "source_url": "https://www.legislation.gov.uk/uksi/1997/309/schedule/1/paragraph/2",
    "retrieved_at": "2026-10-29T12:25:49.428193+00:00"
  },
  "licence": "Open Government Licence v3.0",
  "licence_url": "https://www.nationalarchives.gov.uk/doc/open-government-licence/version/3/",
  "attribution": "Contains public sector information licensed under the Open Government Licence v3.0. Source: legislation.gov.uk, The National Archives."
}