Commentary on Sections Statutory shared parental pay Section 171ZZ4: Part 12ZC: supplementary
601.Subsections (1), (2) and (5) define the meaning of “employer”, “modifications”, “prescribed”, “employee” and “week” in the Part of the Act dealing with statutory shared parental pay.
602.Subsection (3) provides that persons who do not meet the definition of “employee” as stated in subsection (2) may be treated as such for the purposes of the Part of the Act dealing with statutory shared parental pay, and that some who do meet the definition may be treated as if they do not.
603.Subsection (4) provides that two or more employers and that two or more contracts of service in respect of the same employee may be treated as one for the purposes of this Part by way of regulations.
604.Subsection (6) sets out how to calculate a person’s normal weekly earnings for the purposes of this new Part 12ZC of the SSCBA. Subsection (7) provides for the meaning of “earnings” and “relevant period” as mentioned in subsection (6) to be defined in regulations. Subsection (8) provides that a person’s normal weekly earnings will be calculated in accordance with regulations in such cases as may be prescribed.
605.Subsections (9) to (11) make special provision as to the treatment of contracts of employment within the NHS.