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Employer pension contributions count towards a weeks pay

08-August-2017
08-August-2017 15:14
in General
by Admin

Departing from long-standing practice, the Employment Appeal Tribunal has held that employer pension contributions count towards a week’s pay under the Employment Rights Act 1996.  The decision increases the value of a week’s pay (for example for the purposes of the calculation of an employee’s statutory redundancy entitlement) subject to applicable statutory caps.