{
  "url": "https://openlegislation.uk/seafarers-wages-regulations-2024/regulation-38",
  "json_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/seafarers-wages-regulations-2024/regulation-38.json",
  "legislation": "uksi/2024/1015",
  "legislation_title": "The Seafarers’ Wages Regulations 2024",
  "legislation_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/seafarers-wages-regulations-2024",
  "path": "regulation/38",
  "kind": "regulation",
  "number": "38",
  "heading": "Determining total hours of salaried hours work in a pay reference period",
  "text": "(1) The total hours of salaried hours work in a pay reference period are to be calculated in accordance with the following paragraphs.\n(2) Where the pay reference period is a week, the total hours of salaried hours work in that period are the basic hours divided by 52.\n(3) Where the pay reference period is two weeks, the total hours of salaried hours work in that period are the basic hours divided by 26.\n(4) Where the pay reference period is four weeks, the total hours of salaried hours work in that period are the basic hours divided by 13.\n(5) Where the pay reference period is a month, the total hours of salaried hours work in that period are the basic hours divided by 12.\n(6) Where the pay reference period is any other period, the total hours of salaried hours work in that period are the basic hours divided by the figure obtained by dividing 365 by the number of days in the pay reference period.\n(7) The basic hours are to be ascertained in accordance with the seafarer’s contract on the first day of the pay reference period in question unless paragraphs (8) or (9) apply.\n(8) The total hours of salaried hours work in a pay reference period are to be ascertained in accordance with regulations 40 to 42 (excess hours) if the seafarer—\n(a) during or before the payment reference period, works hours in excess of the basic hours in the calculation year, and\n(b) is not entitled to be paid more than an annual salary, a performance bonus and a salary premium for those excess hours.\n(9) The total hours of salaried hours work in a pay reference period are to be determined in accordance with regulation 43 (hours of salaried hours work if employment terminates or contract varied) if—\n(a) the employment terminates before the end of the calculation year, or\n(b) the contract is varied before the end of the calculation year so that it is no longer a contract for salaried hours work.",
  "extent": "E+W+S+N.I.",
  "status": null,
  "version": "current",
  "annotations": [
    {
      "type": "I",
      "label": "I1",
      "text": "Reg. 38 in force at 1.12.2024, see reg. 1(1)"
    }
  ],
  "outstanding_effects": [],
  "provenance": {
    "source": "legislation.gov.uk",
    "source_url": "https://www.legislation.gov.uk/uksi/2024/1015/regulation/38",
    "retrieved_at": "2026-10-28T21:25:54.729234+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."
}