Citation, commencement and extent

1. —(1) These Regulations may be cited as the Employment Rights Act 1996 (Coronavirus, Calculation of a Week’s Pay) (Amendment) (No. 2) Regulations 2021 and come into force on 30th April 2021.

(2) These Regulations extend to England and Wales and Scotland.

Amendment of the Employment Rights Act 1996 (Coronavirus, Calculation of a Week’s Pay) Regulations 2020

2.The Employment Rights Act 1996 (Coronavirus, Calculation of a Week’s Pay) Regulations 2020( 2 ) are amended as follows.

Amendment of regulation 2 (interpretation)

3. In regulation 2(1), in the definition of “Coronavirus Job Retention Scheme”, for “30th April” substitute “30th September”.

Amendment of regulation 3 (calculation of a week’s pay in relation to furloughed employees)

4. In regulation 3(2)(a), for “30th April” substitute “30th September”.

Amendment of regulation 8 (calculation of a week’s pay in relation to employee with no normal working hours)

5. For regulation 8(4)(b), substitute—

“ (b) “Scheme cap” means the amount of—

(i) £2,500 per month (or the appropriate pro-rata), or

(ii) £576.92 per week,

as applicable, specified in relation to qualifying costs in the Coronavirus Job Retention Scheme ( 3 ) . ” .