Statutory Payment Rates
The Government has published the statutory payment rates for maternity pay, paternity pay, shared parental pay, adoption pay and sick pay from April 2025.
Statutory Sick Pay
The rate of statutory sick pay will increase from £116.75 to £118.75 on 6 April 2025.
Future Developments
The Employment Rights Bill will remove the waiting days for SSP; making eligible to payment from day 1 of sickness, not day four. The Lower Earnings Limit will also be removed, making SSP eligible to more employees. A consultation was launched in late October and closed on 4 December 2024 which sought views on the percentage rate that should apply to those employees whose earnings are below the lower earnings limit. Read more…
Family Leave and Pay
The standard weekly rate of maternity, adoption, paternity and shared parental pay will increase from £184.03 to £187.18 on 6 April 2025.
Parental Bereavement Leave and Pay
The standard weekly rate will increase from £184.03 to £187.18 on 6 April 2025.
Please refer to ‘Parental Bereavement Leave and Pay’ for more detailed information about this relatively new right.
Average Gross Weekly Earnings
The average gross weekly earnings required to qualify for Statutory Maternity Pay and these other family friendly payments will increase from £123 to £125.00 or more per week from 6th April 2025. The figures stated are the maximum payable (under statute) per week. If an employee earns less per week than the rate stated, then they should receive the lower amount equating to their actual earnings.
Maternity Allowance
Where an employee earns less than £125.00 per week on average, but was employed for 26 of the 66 previous weeks earning at least £30 per week (averaged over any 13 week period during the said 66 weeks), then they will be entitled to Maternity Allowance for 39 weeks of the smaller of £187.18 or 90 per cent of their average gross weekly earnings per week.
Statutory Guarantee Pay
The standard daily rate will increase from £38 to £39 on 6 April 2025. (subject to a maximum of five days or £195 in any three months)
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