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Employer guide to Statutory Paternity Pay or Leave - entitlement, eligibility, notice period, forms SC3 and SPP1, recover statutory pay.
Employees may be eligible for Statutory Paternity Leave and Pay if they…
Employees must be one of the following, the: father husband or partner of…
The notice periods and forms are different if the employee is adopting.…
Eligible employees are entitled to paternity leave and pay if they’re…
You can refuse Statutory Paternity Pay if the employee does not qualify.…
You must keep records for HM Revenue and Customs (HMRC), including: the…
For financial help with statutory pay, you can: reclaim payments (usually…
Your Statutory Paternity Pay and Leave - eligibility, what you get, how to claim.
When you take time off because your partner’s having a baby, adopting a…
Paternity leave The amount of leave you can take depends on when your baby…
The statutory weekly rate of Paternity Pay is £184.03, or 90% of your…
You must be taking time off to look after the child and be one of the…
You claim Paternity Leave and Pay through your employer. You must give…
Eligibility You must have been continuously employed by your employer for…
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
You and your partner may be able to get Shared Parental Leave (SPL) and…
To be eligible for Shared Parental Leave (SPL) and Statutory Shared…
You can share up to 50 weeks of leave and up to 37 weeks of pay between…
You can only start Shared Parental Leave (SPL) or Shared Parental Pay…
You can book up to 3 separate blocks of Shared Parental Leave (SPL)…
To get Shared Parental Leave (SPL) or Shared Parental Pay (ShPP) you must:…
Maternity or Paternity Leave or Pay, or Maternity Allowance for parents
Your Statutory Maternity Pay (SMP) and Leave - what you get, how to claim, maternity rights and extra help
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
Calculate an employee’s maternity pay (SMP), paternity or adoption pay, relevant period and average weekly earnings
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.
Guidance for employees and employers: employment rights when on maternity, paternity, adoption or parental bereavement leave - keeping in touch days, annual leave, returning to work, redundancy
Medicines and Healthcare product Regulatory Agency official Parental Leave policy and procedures.
Use this if your payroll software or the GOV.UK calculator does not calculate your employee’s payments.
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.
Reclaim Statutory Maternity, Paternity, Adoption, Parental Bereavement Pay and Shared Parental Pay, find out about Small Employers’ Relief and get help if you cannot afford payments.
Find forms and guidance for Statutory Paternity Pay and Leave for employers and employees.
Find forms and guidance for Maternity, Paternity and Shared Parental Leave and pay.
What to do when paying maternity pay if an employee leaves, becomes sick, dies, or is awarded a pay rise.
Employer guide to Statutory Maternity Pay (SMP) and Leave - rates, eligibility, notice period, form SMP1, recover statutory pay
Use the online form (previously form SC4) if you’re adopting a child and need to apply for Statutory Paternity Pay and Leave.
Includes career breaks and the holiday entitlement calculator
Find out what you need to do when an employee leaves, becomes sick, dies, or if the child is born early or dies.
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