Updates: Statutory Payments Manual
2024
Page amended to reflect changes to Paternity Leave and Pay from 6 April 2024. Notification reduced to 28 days from 15 weeks and Leave (and pay) can now be taken in non-consecutive weeks
Statutory Paternity Pay (SPP) - general information: conditions for entitlement for birth
Page updated to take account of new notification rules from 6 April 2026
Statutory Paternity Pay (SPP) - general information: Paternity Pay Period (PPP)
Page amended to take account of changes to Paternity Leave and Pay from 6 April 2024, including non-consecutive single weeks and ability to take leave within 52 weeks of the birth, rather than 56 days.
Statutory Adoption Pay (SAP): general information - conditions for entitlement to SAP
Page updated to include the provision of proof, if requested.
2023
Paying and Recovering- SMP/SAP/SPP/ShPP/SPBP: SP paid in previous tax year
Page updated to reflect obsoletion of SP32 and new process.
Record Keeping - SMP/SAP/SPP/ShPP/SPBP: late recovery of Statutory Payments or NIC compensation
Page updated to remove reference to SP32 and introduce new process
Paying and Recovering - SSP: SSP paid in previous tax year
Page updated to remove reference to SP32
Paying and Recovering - SMP/SAP/SPP/ShPP/SPBP: how employers can recover
Page updated to remove references to SP32
2022
SSPR Part 2 added and page transferred to Historical Information
Paying and Recovering - contents
update review date
Statutory Sick Pay (SSP): general information - evidence of sickness
update review date
Statutory Parental Bereavement Pay (SPBP) - general information: Parental Bereavement Leave (PBL)
update review date and links
Statutory Parental Bereavement Pay (SPBP) - general information: notice and declaration time limits
update review date
Statutory Parental Bereavement Pay (SPBP) - general information: employee entitled to SSP
update review date
Statutory Parental Bereavement Pay (SPBP) -general information: employee not entitled to SPBP
update review date
Statutory Sick Pay (SSP): general information - evidence of sickness
Page amended to remove Coronavirus guidance
bolding Coronavirus (Northern Ireland) section
Statutory Parental Bereavement Pay (SPBP) - general information: what is SPBP
Removal of reference to SPBP not being available in Northern Ireland
Statutory Payments Manual: recent changes
Page archived – Old legacy update page no longer required.
Statutory Payments Manual: recent changes
Page archived – Old legacy update page no longer required.
Statutory Payments Manual: recent changes
Page archived – Old legacy update page no longer required.
Statutory Payments Manual: recent changes
Page archived – Old legacy update page no longer required.
Statutory Payments Manual: recent changes
Page archived – Old legacy update page no longer required.
Page archived – Old legacy update page no longer required.
Statutory Payments Manual: recent changes
Page archived – Old legacy update page no longer required.
Statutory Payments Manual: recent changes
Page archived – Old legacy update page no longer required.
Statutory Payments Manual: recent changes
Page archived – Old legacy update page no longer required.
Statutory Payments Manual: recent changes
Page archived – Old legacy update page no longer required.
Statutory Payments Manual: recent changes
Page archived – Old legacy update page no longer required.
Statutory Payments Manual: recent changes
Page archived – Old legacy update page no longer required.
Statutory Payments Manual: recent changes
Page archived – Old legacy update page no longer required.
Statutory Payments Manual: recent changes
Page archived – Old legacy update page no longer required.
Statutory Payments Manual: recent changes
Page archived – Old legacy update page no longer required.
Statutory Payments Manual: update index
Page archived – Old legacy update page no longer required.
Statutory Payments Manual: recent changes
Page archived – Old legacy update page no longer required.
Statutory Payments Manual: recent changes
Page archived – Old legacy update page no longer required.
Statutory Payments Manual: recent changes
Page archived – Old legacy update page no longer required.
2020
Paying and Recovering - contents
Formatting
Added SPBP info
Change in Circumstances - working for an employer who is not liable for Statutory Payments
Added SPBP
Change in Circumstances - contractual liabilities when employment has ended
Added SPBP info
Paying and Recovering - contents
New pages added
Statutory Parental Bereavement Pay (SPBP) - general information: contents
Additional pages for SPBP
Paying and Recovering - contents
amended
2018
ASPP abolished no longer available
2017
ASPP is no longer available.
Additional Statutory Paternity Pay (ASPP) - general information: Additional Paternity Leave (APL)
ASPP abolished no longer available
ASPP abolished no longer available
ASPP abolished no longer available
ASPP abolished no longer available
Additional Statutory Paternity Pay (ASPP) - general information: employee not entitled to ASPP
ASPP abolished no longer available
Additional Statutory Paternity Pay (ASPP) - general information: (Historical Information) contents
SPm150100, SPM150200, SPM150300, SPM150400, SPM150500,SPM150600,SPM150700 - All pages archived.
Change in Circumstances - request to change start/end date of ASPP (Historical Information)
ASPP abolished
ASPP abolished
ASPP abolished