Right to remuneration on suspension on medical grounds

HC Deb 18 May 1982 vol 24 c318

2. In section 20 of the 1978 Act (general exclusions from the right to remuneration on suspension on medical grounds), subsections (1) and (2) shall be renumbered (3) and (4) and the following subsections shall be inserted as subsections (1) and (2)— (1) An employee shall not be entitled to remuneration under section 19 unless he has been continuously employed for a period of not less than one month ending with the day before that on which the suspension begins. (2) An employee who is employed—

1. (a) under a contract for a fixed tenn of three months or less, or
2. (b) under a contract made in contemplation of the performace of a specific task which is not expected to last for more than three months, shall not be entitled to remuneration under section 19 unless he has been continuously employed for a period of more than three months ending with the day before that which the suspension begins.".