Section 79 — Employment Rights Act 1996: Supplemental.

Supplemental. 79 1 Regulations under section 76 may, in particular—

a make provision about notices to be given and evidence to be produced by employees to employers, by employers to employees, and by employers to other employers;

b make provision requiring employers or employees to keep records;

c make provision about other procedures to be followed by employees and employers;

d make provision (including provision creating criminal offences) specifying the consequences of failure to give notices, to produce evidence, to keep records or to comply with other procedural requirements;

e make provision specifying the consequences of failure to act in accordance with a notice given by virtue of paragraph (a);

f make special provision for cases where an employee has a right which corresponds to a right conferred by the regulations and which arises under his contract of employment or otherwise;

g make provision applying, modifying or excluding an enactment, in such circumstances as may be specified and subject to any conditions specified, in relation to a person entitled to parental leave;

h make different provision for different cases or circumstances.

2 The regulations may make provision modifying the effect of Chapter II of Part XIV (calculation of a week’s pay) in relation to an employee who is or has been absent from work on parental leave. 3 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .