The Local Government Reorganisation (Compensation for Loss of Employment) Regulations (Northern Ireland) 2015

Meaning of “gross annual salary”

7.—(1) For the purposes of regulation 6,a person’s gross annual salary is the total of—

(a) all the salary, wages, fluctuating emoluments and other payments paid to the person for the person’s own use in respect of the person’s employment; and

(b) any other payment or benefit specified in the person’s contract of employment as being a pensionable emolument.

(2) For the purposes of regulation 7, a person’s gross annual salary does not include—

(a) payments for non-contractual overtime;

(b) any travelling, subsistence or other allowance paid in respect of expenses incurred in relation to the employment;

(c) any payment in consideration of loss of holidays;

(d) any payment in lieu of notice to terminate the person’s contract of employment;

(e) any payment as an inducement not to terminate the person’s contract of employment;

(f) any payment to buy out an existing term or condition of employment;

(g) any amount treated as the money value to the person of the provision of a motor vehicle or any amount paid in lieu of such a provision; or

(h) any award of compensation (excluding any sum representing arrears of pay) for the purposes of achieving equal pay in relation to other employees.