Employment Rights Act 1996
Sections and provisions with full text and the judgments that cite each one.
Section 220 — Introductory.
Introductory. 220 The amount of a week’s pay of an employee shall be calculated for the purposes of this Act in accordance with this Chapter.
Section 221 — General.
General. 221 1 This section and sections 222 and 223 apply where there are normal working hours for the employee when employed under the contract of employment in force on the calculation date. 2…
Section 222 — Remuneration varying according to time of work.
Remuneration varying according to time of work. 222 1 This section applies if the employee is required under the contract of employment in force on the calculation date to work during normal working…
Section 223 — Supplementary.
Supplementary. 223 1 For the purposes of sections 221 and 222, in arriving at the average hourly rate of remuneration, only— a the hours when the employee was working, and b the remuneration payable…
Section 224 — Employments with no normal working hours.
Employments with no normal working hours. 224 1 This section applies where there are no normal working hours for the employee when employed under the contract of employment in force on the…
Section 225 — Rights during employment.
Rights during employment. 225 A1 Where the calculation is for the purposes of section 27BI, the calculation date is— a where the complaint is under section 27BG(1), (2), (3) or (7), the latest day of…
Section 226 — Rights on termination.
Rights on termination. 226 1 Where the calculation is for the purposes of section 88 or 89, the calculation date is the day immediately preceding the first day of the period of notice required by…
Section 227 — Maximum amount.
Maximum amount. 227 1 For the purpose of calculating— zza an award of compensation under section 63J(1)(b), za an award of compensation under section 80I(1)(b), a a basic award of compensation for…
Section 228 — New employments and other special cases.
New employments and other special cases. 228 1 In any case in which the employee has not been employed for a sufficient period to enable a calculation to be made under the preceding provisions of…
Section 229 — Supplementary.
Supplementary. 229 1 In arriving at— a an average hourly rate of remuneration, or b average weekly remuneration, under this Chapter, account shall be taken of work for a former employer within the…
Section 230 — Employees, workers etc.
Employees, workers etc. 230 1 In this Act “ employee ” means an individual who has entered into or works under (or, where the employment has ceased, worked under) a contract of employment. 2 In this…
Section 231 — Associated employers.
Associated employers. 231 For the purposes of this Act any two employers shall be treated as associated if— a one is a company of which the other (directly or indirectly) has control, or b both are…
Section 232 — Shop workers.
Shop workers. 232 1 In this Act “ shop worker ” means an employee who, under his contract of employment, is or may be required to do shop work. 2 In this Act “ shop work ” means work in or about a…
Section 233 — Betting workers
Betting workers 233 1 In this Act “ betting worker ” means an employee who under his contract of employment is or may be required to do betting work. 2 In this Act “ betting work ” means— a work…
Section 234 — Normal working hours.
Normal working hours. 234 1 Where an employee is entitled to overtime pay when employed for more than a fixed number of hours in a week or other period, there are for the purposes of this Act normal…
Section 235 — Other definitions.
Other definitions. 235 1 In this Act, except in so far as the context otherwise requires— “ act ” and “ action ” each includes omission and references to doing an act or taking action shall be…
Section 236 — Orders and regulations.
Orders and regulations. 236 1 Any power conferred by any provision of this Act to make any order (other than an Order in Council) or regulations is exercisable by statutory instrument. 2 A statutory…
Section 237 — Financial provisions.
Financial provisions. 237 There shall be paid out of the National Insurance Fund into the Consolidated Fund sums equal to the amount of— a any expenses incurred by the Secretary of State in…
Section 238 — Reciprocal arrangements with Northern Ireland.
Reciprocal arrangements with Northern Ireland. 238 1 If provision is made by Northern Ireland legislation for purposes corresponding to any of the purposes of this Act, other than an excepted…
Section 239 — Reciprocal arrangements with Isle of Man.
Reciprocal arrangements with Isle of Man. 239 1 If an Act of Tynwald is passed for purposes similar to the purposes of Part XI, the Secretary of State may, with the consent of the Treasury, make…
Section 240 — Consequential amendments.
Consequential amendments. 240 Schedule 1 (consequential amendments) shall have effect.
Section 241 — Transitionals, savings and transitory provisions.
Transitionals, savings and transitory provisions. 241 Schedule 2 (transitional provisions, savings and transitory provisions) shall have effect.
Section 242 — Repeals and revocations.
Repeals and revocations. 242 The enactments specified in Part I of Schedule 3 are repealed, and the instruments specified in Part II of that Schedule are revoked, to the extent specified in the third…
Section 243 — Commencement.
Commencement. 243 This Act shall come into force at the end of the period of three months beginning with the day on which it is passed.
Section 244 — Extent.
Extent. 244 1 Subject to the following provisions, this Act extends to England and Wales and Scotland but not to Northern Ireland. 2 Sections 36(2) and (4), 37(1) and (5), 38 and 39 extend to England…
Section 245 — Short title.
Short title. 245 This Act may be cited as the Employment Rights Act 1996.