HC Deb 26 July 1976 vol 916 cc80-1W
Mr. Ian Lloyd

asked the Secretary of State for Employment whether an employer, in seeking voluntarily to observe the conditions of the pay code, is debarred from offering to any employee already earning an income in excess of £8,500 per annum directorships which carry remuneration likely to exceed the £6 or £4 limits.

Mr. Harold Walker

The pay policy does not preclude individuals from taking on new work at the appropriate rate.

Mr. Ian Lloyd

asked the Secretary of State for Employment (1) whether an employer, in seeking voluntarily to observe the conditions of the pay code applying to incomes in excess of £8,500 per annum, is obliged to consider the income of an employee (a) earning additional income in another occupation within the United Kingdom which may or may not be disclosed by the employee concerned, (b) receiving directors' fees or other types of fee or literary income within the United Kingdom which are not subject to PAYE, or (c) receiving investment income from private investments;

(2) whether an employer, in seeking voluntarily to observe the conditions of the pay code applying to incomes in excess of £8,500 per annum, is obliged to consider the income of an employee, resident but not domiciled within the United Kingdom (a) deriving income from another occupation outside the United Kingdom which is earned but may not be remitted, (b) deriving directors' fees or other forms of fee or literary income from abroad which may not be remitted, or (c) receiving investment income abroad from private investment which may not be remitted.

Mr. Harold Walker

An employer is not obliged to consider any payments to an employee other than those he makes himself. The obligation to ensure compliance with the policy where payments are received from more than one source rests on the individual concerned and in these circumstances it is for the individual to inform the employer if he is not eligible to receive an increase.