Statutory Adoption Pay
Statutory Adoption Pay is a weekly payment you get from your employer to help take time off work when you adopt a child. It can be paid to both men and women.
To qualify for Statutory Adoption Pay you must have been:
- Matched with a child for adoption by an adoption agency.
- Employed by your present employer without a break for at least 26 weeks up to and including the week the adoption agency told you that you had been matched with a child for adoption.
- Earning an average of at least £107 week (before tax).
If your average weekly earnings are £107 or more (before tax), Statutory Adoption Pay is paid at £135.45 or 90 per cent of your average weekly earnings if this is less. If you qualify, you will be entitled to Statutory Adoption Pay for 39 weeks. Statutory Adoption Pay is not means tested, but counts as income or other means tested benefits. It is not taxable.
Figures checked for correctness: May 2012.
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