Shared parental pay

By the Brightmine Content Team

Mothers, fathers and partners of mothers of babies are entitled to statutory shared parental pay if they satisfy the eligibility criteria.

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• The right to shared parental leave and pay (birth)
• Rate of statutory shared parental pay (birth)
  • Normal weekly earnings (birth)
• Entitlement to statutory shared parental pay (birth)
  • Mother’s individual eligibility for statutory shared parental pay
  • Partner’s individual eligibility for statutory shared parental pay
  • Individual eligibility requirements where child born early
• Curtailment of statutory maternity pay or maternity allowance (birth)
  • Curtailment notice (birth)
  • Revoking the curtailment notice (birth)
  • Curtailment where there is more than one employer (birth)
• Notice and evidence (birth)
  • Notice and evidence required from the mother for statutory shared parental pay (birth)
  • Notice and evidence required from the partner for statutory shared parental pay (birth)
  • Varying notice (birth)
• Notice conditions where child born early (birth)
• Number of weeks of entitlement (birth)
  • Number of weeks entitlement where other parent has more than one employment (birth)
• Period of payment of statutory shared parental pay (birth)
• Entitlement to statutory shared parental pay (birth) where there is more than one employer
• Working during shared parental leave (birth)
• Work for another employer during the statutory shared parental pay period (birth)
• Termination of employment and statutory shared parental pay (birth)
• Cases where there is no liability to pay statutory shared parental pay (birth)
• Impact of death of mother, partner or child on entitlement to statutory shared parental pay (birth)
• The right to shared parental leave and pay (adoption)
• Rate of statutory shared parental pay (adoption)
  • Normal weekly earnings (adoption)
• Entitlement to statutory shared parental pay (adoption)
  • Adopter’s individual eligibility for statutory shared parental pay
  • Adopter’s partner’s individual eligibility for statutory shared parental pay
• Curtailment of statutory adoption pay (adoption)
  • Curtailment notice (adoption)
  • Revoking the curtailment notice (adoption)
  • Curtailment where there is more than one employer (adoption)
• Notice and evidence (adoption)
  • Notice and evidence required from the adopter for statutory shared parental pay (adoption)
  • Notice and evidence required from the adopter’s partner for statutory shared parental pay (adoption)
  • Varying notice (adoption)
• Number of weeks of entitlement (adoption)
  • Number of weeks entitlement where other adoptive parent has more than one employment (adoption)
• Period of payment of statutory shared parental pay (adoption)
• Entitlement to statutory shared parental pay (adoption) where there is more than one employer
• Working during shared parental leave (adoption)
• Work for another employer during the statutory shared parental pay period (adoption)
• Termination of employment and statutory shared parental pay (adoption)
• Cases where there is no liability to pay statutory shared parental pay (adoption)
• Impact of death of adopter, adopter’s partner or child, or disrupted placement, on entitlement to statutory shared parental pay (adoption)
• Adoption from overseas and entitlement to statutory shared parental pay
  • Adopter’s individual eligibility for statutory shared parental pay (adoption from overseas)
  • Adopter’s partner’s individual eligibility for statutory shared parental pay (adoption from overseas)
  • Notice and evidence (adoption from overseas)
  • Period of payment of statutory shared parental pay (adoption from overseas)
  • Entitlement to statutory shared parental pay where there is more than one employer (adoption from overseas)
• Notifying of exclusion from statutory shared parental pay
• Recovery of statutory shared parental pay
• Statutory shared parental pay records
• Penalties in relation to statutory shared parental pay
• Contractual shared parental pay
• Future developments
  • Proposed statutory shared parental pay rate for 2026/2027
  • Review of parental leave and pay

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