Statutory Payments

The qualifying earnings level for all statutory payments stated below is: £125

Statutory Sick Pay (SSP)

Max 28 Wks

£118.75

 To qualify for SSP an employee must:

• be classed as an employee having worked
• have been ill for at least 4 days in a row

Statutory Maternity Pay (SMP)

First 6 Wks	90% of AWE
33 Wks	Lesser of 90% of AWE or £187.18

To qualify for SMP an employee must:

• have been continuously employed 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 £187.18

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 £187.18

 To qualify for SPP 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 £187.18

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

Statutory Parental Bereavement Pay (SPBP)

2 Wks

Lesser of 90% of AWE or £187.18

To qualify for SPP an employee must:

• be employed up to the date the child dies or is still born and give the correct notice

Statutory Neonatal Care Pay (SNCP)

Max 12 Wks

Lesser of 90% of AWE or £187.18

To qualify for SPP an employee must:

• have been continuously employed for at least 26 weeks up to any day in the ‘qualifying week’

For more information on any Statutory Payment click the relevant link below:

Statutory Sick Pay (SSP) – GOV.UK

Statutory Maternity Pay (SMP) – GOV.UK

Statutory Adoption Pay (SAP) – GOV.UK

Statutory Shared Parental Leave (ShPP) – GOV.UK

Statutory Paternity Pay (SPP) – GOV.UK

Statutory Parental Bereavement Pay (SPBP) – GOV.UK

Statutory Neonatal Pay to be confirmed