Clause 2 - Statutory paternity pay
Employment Bill
11:15 am
Mr Alan Johnson (Minister of State (Employment and the Regions), Department of Trade and Industry; Kingston upon Hull West and Hessle, Labour)
These matters are complex. As I understand it, the major aspect that is regularly taken into account is arrears of pay. For example, if a pay settlement was made a year after the pay date and one payment to cover the arrears was made in a particular eight-week period, that would distort the whole calculation. Such factors are taken into account when the calculations are made.