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SSP: What counts as a normal working day?

wr4
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Client worked five days a week.  4 of these were ‘normal’ in that he worked 7 hours in each day.  But he also worked another day for only 2 hours.  Can I count this as a working day for SSP purposes?  Thanks for any help!

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Are you looking for Qualifying Days? I’ve been looking in to this and I don’t think I’ve seen a more horrible subject. Like nailing jelly to a wall.

Guidance for employers used to be in the E14 helpbook, an old copy of which remains on a law site, but not on gov.uk, which now has some pretty useless pages instead.

The E14 book may help you.

http://uk.practicallaw.com/1-591-8306

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@Andrew Dutton
Thanks very much for this, very useful document, although it doesn’t appear to mention whether the number of hours worked in a day affects qualifying day status.  I guess a 2 hour day is still a qualifying day unless I can find something to the contrary..  Thanks again