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Your employee can take Shared Parental Leave (SPL) if they're eligible and they or their partner ends their maternity or adoption leave early - eligibility, entitlement, starting SPL, splitting blocks of leave and record keeping
You can start Shared Parental Leave (SPL) and Statutory Shared Parental Pay (ShPP) if you're eligible and you or your partner ends your maternity or adoption leave early - eligibility, entitlement, starting SPL and splitting blocks of leave
Use these rates and thresholds when you operate your payroll or provide expenses and benefits to your employees.
Use the online service or an email to apply for advance of statutory parental, paternal, adoption and maternity pay.
Use this if your payroll software or the GOV.UK calculator does not calculate your employee’s payments.
List of statutory pay guides for employers and employees.
Find out about the 2 maternity benefits available under the social security scheme: Statutory Maternity Pay and Maternity Allowance.
Employer guide to Statutory Paternity Pay or Leave - entitlement, eligibility, notice period, forms SC3 and SPP1, recover statutory pay.
Use form SMP2 if you're an employer and want to record details of an employee's Statutory Maternity Pay (SMP).
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