Background to the Act Liability for National Insurance contributionsRecovery of primary National Insurance contributions from employees following payments of security-based earnings. Effect of the measure
13.Section 1 (Great Britain) and section 2 (Northern Ireland) and supporting secondary legislation, will extend the ability of the employer to recover contributions in two ways:
	the employer, with the written consent of the employee, will be able to retain, or require the employee to sell, an amount of securities equal to their contribution liability; and
	the employer, with the written consent of the employee, will be able to retain, or require the employee to sell, an amount of securities equal to their National Insurance contribution liability in the year that the employee ceased working for the employer and the following year.