Category: Maternity, Paternity, Adoption, Sickness
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Additional Statutory Paternity Pay: eligibility forms and records
Your employee may be entitled to Additional Statutory Paternity Pay (ASPP) if their partner has a baby or adopts a child and is entitled to Statutory Maternity Pay, Maternity Allowance or Statutory Adoption Pay. ASPP replaces normal earnings and you must deduct tax and National Insurance contributions in the normal way. ASPP allows parents more…
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Ordinary Statutory Paternity Pay: eligibility, forms and records
Your employee may be entitled to Ordinary Statutory Paternity Pay (OSPP) if their partner has a baby or adopts a child. This replaces their normal earnings and helps them take time off to care for the child or support the other parent. As their employer, whether you have to pay them OSPP depends on how…
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Statutory Adoption Pay: eligibility, forms and records
Your employee may be entitled to Statutory Adoption Pay (SAP) if they adopt a child. This replaces their normal earnings to help them take time off around the time that the child is placed with them. Whether you’ll have to pay them SAP depends on how long they have worked for you, how much they…
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Statutory Maternity Pay: eligibility, forms and records
If your employee is expecting a baby, she may be entitled to Statutory Maternity Pay (SMP). This replaces her normal earnings to help her take time off around the time of the birth. She also has a statutory right to a minimum amount of maternity leave. Whether you have to pay SMP to an expectant…
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Statutory Sick Pay: an overview
Statutory Sick Pay (SSP) is paid to employees who are unable to work because of illness. SSP is paid at the same time and in the same way as you would pay wages for the same period. As an employer you’re responsible for paying SSP to employees who meet certain qualifying conditions. You also need…