Regulation 30 Avoidance of liability for statutory adoption payI1

Northern Ireland

(1)

A former employer shall be liable to make payments of statutory adoption pay to a former employee in any case where the employee had been employed for a continuous period of at least 8 weeks and his contract of service was brought to an end by the former employer solely, or mainly, for the purpose of avoiding liability for statutory adoption pay.

(2)

In a case falling within paragraph (1)–

(a)

the employee shall be treated as if he had been employed for a continuous period ending with the week in which he was notified of having been matched with the child for adoption; and

(b)

his normal weekly earnings shall be calculated by reference to his normal weekly earnings for the period of 8 weeks ending with the last day in respect of which he was paid under his former contract of service.

Annotations

Commencement

I1: Reg. 30 in operation at 8.12.2002, see reg. 1