Statutory Payments

Statutory Sick Pay (SSP)

Max 28 Wks

£123.25

Changes to the calculation of SSP:

The lower earnings limit has been abolished
SSP now payable from Day 1
Higher earners will receive a flat rate of £123.25
Lower earners will earn 80% of their AWE or a flat rate of 123.25, which ever is the lower amount
Linked Periods – Periods of absence within 56 days of each other are treated as a single Period of Incapacity for work (PIW) and the AWE calculation used for calculation of SSP.

Statutory Maternity Pay (SMP)

First 6 Wks	90% of AWE
33 Wks	Lesser of 90% of AWE or £194.32

To qualify for SMP an employee must:

have been continuouslyemployed for at least 26 weeks continuing into the ‘qualifying week’ – the 15th week before the expected week of childbirth
give the correct notice and proof of pregnancy

Statutory Adoption Pay (SAP)

First 6 Wks	90% of AWE
33 Wks	Lesser of 90% of AWE or £194.32

To qualify for SAP an employee must:

have been continuously employed for at least 26 weeks up to any day in the week they were matched with a child
give the correct notice and proof of the adoption

Statutory Shared Parental Pay (ShPP)

Max 37 Wks

Lesser of 90% of AWE or £194.32

To qualify for ShPP an employee must:

have been continuously employedfor at least 26 weeks up to any day in the ‘qualifying week’
be employed when leave is taken and give the correct notice

Statutory Paternity Pay (SPP)

2 Wks

Lesser of 90% of AWE or £194.32

To qualify for SPP an employee must:

have been continuously employed for at least 26 weeks up to any day in the ‘qualifying week’
be employed up to the date the child is born and give the correct notice

Statutory Parental Bereavement Pay (SPBP)

2 Wks

Lesser of 90% of AWE or £194.32

To qualify for SPBP an employee must: