Counting relevant period for work‑from‑home arrangements
7.—(1) For the purposes of regulation 6(1) or (2), the relevant period applicable to a workplace is 14 days starting the day after —
(a)
a trigger event happens in relation to an employee who has been at work in that workplace at any time during the look‑back period for that trigger event; or
(b)
a trigger event happens in relation to —
(i)
any contractor engaged by the principal;
(ii)
any direct or indirect subcontractor engaged by a contractor in sub‑paragraph (i); or
(iii)
any employee employed by a contractor or subcontractor in sub‑paragraph (i) or (ii),
who has been at work in that workplace at any time during the look‑back period for that trigger event,
whichever is applicable.
(2) However, where before the end of any relevant period applicable to a workplace, another trigger event happens and is applicable to the same workplace, the 2 or more relevant periods then run consecutively after disregarding any overlapping periods between them; and any reference to the relevant period in regulation 6(1) or (2) includes a reference to the initial relevant period as extended by the operation of this paragraph.