An employee1 can receive additional statutory paternity pay for up to 19 weeks and one day if his or her child is due on or after 3 April 2011 (or in an adoption situation, if he or she is notified of having been matched on or after 3 April 2011). The employee's average weekly earnings must be equal to or more than the lower earnings limit (£109 from 6 April 2013). The mother or adopter must have returned to work before his or her full entitlement to statutory maternity pay, maternity allowance or statutory adoption pay has been exhausted, and at least two weeks of his or her pay period must remain unexpired.
| £ per week |
| Up to 19 weeks and one day's additional statutory paternity pay |
£136.782 |
1 Paternity pay is available to a person of either sex
in an adoption situation, and to the spouse, civil partner or partner of either
sex of the biological mother of a child.
2 Or 90% of average weekly earnings if this figure is
less than £136.78.
Interactive guidance
UK Government additional statutory paternity leave calculator.
HM Revenue and Customs additional statutory paternity pay calculator. |
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