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Section 27BQ: Regulations under section 27BP: supplementary

Employment Rights Act 1996 · 1996 c. 18View on legislation.gov.uk

Part 2A: Zero hours workers and similar — Chapter 4: Right to payment for cancelled, moved and curtailed shifts

Regulations under section 27BP(1) may not specify an amount to be paid to a worker in relation to the cancellation, movement or curtailment of a shift that exceeds—

where the shift is cancelled, the amount of remuneration to which the worker would have been entitled had they worked the hours that will not be worked because of the cancellation;
where the shift is moved, or moved and curtailed (at the same time), and no part of the shift as moved, or as moved and curtailed, corresponds to the time of the shift ("the original shift") before it was moved, or moved and curtailed, the amount of remuneration to which the worker would have been entitled had they worked the original shift;
where the shift is moved, or moved and curtailed (at the same time), and part of the shift as moved, or as moved and curtailed, corresponds to the time of the original shift (but part does not), the amount of remuneration to which the worker would have been entitled had they worked the part of the original shift that does not correspond to the shift as moved, or as moved and curtailed;
where the shift is—
curtailed but not moved, or
moved and curtailed (at the same time) and the shift as moved and curtailed is to start and end within the time of the original shift,

the amount of remuneration to which the worker would have been entitled had they worked the hours that will not be worked because of the curtailment, or the movement and curtailment.

Regulations under section 27BP(1) may, in particular, include provision specifying different amounts depending on the amount of notice that was given of the cancellation, movement or curtailment.

Regulations under section 27BP(2)(c) or (3)(a) may, in particular, specify a description of worker's contract by reference to—

it being a worker's contract that entitles a worker to be paid no more than a specified amount;
it being a worker's contract that requires an employer to make work available to a worker for no more than a specified number of hours.

Regulations under section 27BP(6) may not specify an amount of time that exceeds 7 days.

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