Statutory Paternity Pay and Leave: employer guide
Help with statutory pay
For financial help with statutory pay, you can:
- reclaim payments (usually 92%)
- apply for an advance if you cannot afford payments
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Step 1: Check that you’re taking on someone as an employee
Follow these steps if you want to take on someone with the employment status of ‘employee’ for the first time.
The rules are different if you want to take on someone with another type of employment status, such as agency staff, freelancers, consultants and contractors.
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and Check you can afford to take on employees
- Check how much the National Minimum Wage is
- Find out how much National Insurance you need to pay for your employees
- Check how much sick pay your employees are eligible for
- Check how much you need to pay towards your employee's pension
- Check how much Maternity Leave you need to pay your employees
- Check how much Paternity Leave you need to pay your employees
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Step 2: Make your workplace safe and accessible for employees
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Step 3: Register as an employer and set up PAYE
You need to register with HMRC so you can pay tax and national insurance for your employees.
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Step 4: Check your responsibilities around workplace pensions
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Step 5: Get Employers' Liability insurance
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Step 6: Recruit and employ someone