Statutory Paternity Pay
Statutory paternity pay is a weekly payment you get from your employer to help take time off work when your partner has just given birth.
To qualify for statutory paternity pay you must have been:
- Employed by your present employer without a break for at least 26 weeks up to and including the 15th week before the baby is due.
- You must continue to work for that employer without a break up to the date the child is born or placed for adoption.
- You must be earning an average of at least £102 per week (before tax).
If you qualify for SMP, it is paid:
- For two weeks at the lower of either the standard rate of £128.73, or 90 per cent of your average gross weekly earnings.
Statutory paternity Pay is not means tested, but counts as income for other means tested benefits.
It is not taxable.
Figures checked for correctness: May 2011
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