Section 13 — Pensions Act 2008: Qualifying earnings

Qualifying earnings 13 1 A person's qualifying earnings in a pay reference period of 12 months are the part (if any) of the gross earnings payable to that person in that period that is—

a more than £6,240 , and b not more than £50,270 .

2 In the case of a pay reference period of less or more than 12 months, subsection (1) applies as if the amounts in paragraphs (a) and (b) were proportionately less or more.

3 In this section, “ earnings ”, in relation to a person, means sums of any of the following descriptions that are payable to the person in connection with the person's employment—

a salary, wages, commission, bonuses and overtime;

b statutory sick pay under Part 11 of the Social Security Contributions and Benefits Act 1992 (c. 4);

c statutory maternity pay under Part 12 of that Act;

d statutory paternity pay under Part 12ZA of that Act;

e statutory adoption pay under Part 12ZB of that Act;

ea statutory shared parental pay under Part 12ZC of that Act;

eb statutory parental bereavement pay under Part 12ZD of that Act;

ec statutory neonatal care pay under Part 12ZE of that Act;

f sums prescribed for the purposes of this section.