Section 211 — Period of continuous employment.
Extent: E+W+S
This version in force from 2024-04-01
Snapshot: 2026-08-24
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(1) An employee’s period of continuous employment for the purposes of any provision of this Act—
(a) (subject to [F1 subsection] (3)) begins with the day on which the employee starts work, and
(b) ends with the day by reference to which the length of the employee’s period of continuous employment is to be ascertained for the purposes of the provision.
(3) If an employee’s period of continuous employment includes one or more periods which (by virtue of section 215, 216 or 217) while not counting in computing the length of the period do not break continuity of employment, the beginning of the period shall be treated as postponed by the number of days falling within that intervening period, or the aggregate number of days falling within those periods, calculated in accordance with the section in question.
Amendment notes
- F1 Word in s. 211(1)(a) substituted (1.10.2006) by The Employment Equality (Age) Regulations 2006 (S.I. 2006/1031), regs. 1(1), 49(1), Sch. 8 para. 35(2) (with regs. 44-46)