SPM100100 - Introduction: the structure of the SPM

There are five chapters which outline the schemes for

  • Statutory Sick Pay (SSP),
  • Statutory Maternity Pay (SMP),
  • Statutory Paternity Pay (SPP)
  • Statutory Adoption Pay (SAP) and
  • Statutory Shared Parental Pay (ShPP)
  • Statutory Parental Bereavement Pay (SPBP)

The remaining chapters cover subjects which are common to most statutory payments.

Abbreviations used in the text are in a separate glossary.