Regulation 22 Avoidance of liability for statutory parental bereavement payF1
Northern Ireland
(1)
A former employer shall be liable to make payments of statutory parental bereavement pay to a former employee in any case where the employee was in employed earner’s employment with the employer and the employee’s employment was brought to an end by the former employer solely, or mainly, for the purpose of avoiding liability for statutory parental bereavement pay.
(2)
In a case falling within paragraph (1)—
(a)
the employee shall be treated as if the employee had been employed for a period ending with the week of the bereavement; and
(b)
the employee’s normal weekly earnings or expected normal weekly earnings are to be determined in accordance with regulation 19 or regulation 19A as the case may be