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Legal rights for pregnant employees - including paid time off for antenatal appointments, maternity leave and pay, protection against discrimination and telling the employer about the pregnancy.
List of statutory pay guides for employers and employees.
Maternity Allowance is paid to pregnant women who do not get Statutory Maternity Pay - rate, eligibility, apply, form MA1
Use form SC3 if you're an employee, become a birth parent and need to apply to your employer for Statutory Paternity Pay (SPP) and Leave.
Use the online form (previously form SC4) if you’re adopting a child and need to apply for Statutory Paternity Pay and Leave.
Use these tables to check your employee started with you in time to qualify for paternity pay.
Plan how and when you and your partner take Shared Parental Leave. Find out how much Statutory Shared Parental Pay you would get and when to give notice.
Find out what to put in your Full Payment Submission (FPS) and Employer Payment Summary (EPS) if you're paying employees through PAYE.
What to do if an employer ceases, becomes insolvent, takes over an existing business or makes employees redundant when paying paternity pay.
Use these rates and thresholds when you operate your payroll or provide expenses and benefits to your employees.
Guidance on maternity and paternity rights for parents of babies born on or after 3 April 2011.
Employer guide to Statutory Parental Bereavement Pay and Leave - entitlement, eligibility, notice period, non-payment form, recover statutory pay
What to do if an employer ceases, becomes insolvent, takes over an existing business or makes employees redundant whilst paying Statutory Maternity Pay.
Use these tables to check your employee started with you in time to qualify for maternity pay.
How to claim Statutory Parental Bereavement Pay and Leave: what you can get, check if you're eligible and how to claim it.
Use this guidance if your payroll software or Basic PAYE tool does not calculate your employees' payments.
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