Shared Parental Leave and Pay

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Eligibility for birth parents

To be eligible for Shared Parental Leave (SPL) and Statutory Shared Parental Pay (ShPP), both parents must:

  • share responsibility for the child at birth
  • meet work and pay criteria - these are different depending on which parent wants to use the shared parental leave and pay

You바카라 사이트™re not eligible if you started sharing responsibility for the child after it was born.

The eligibility criteria are different if you바카라 사이트™re adoptive parents or parents using a surrogate.

You can . You바카라 사이트™ll need to know:

If both parents want to share the SPL and ShPP

Both parents must meet the same eligibility criteria to get SPL and ShPP. You must:

  • have been employed continuously by the same employer for at least 26 weeks by the end of the 15th week before the due date
  • stay with the same employer until you start your SPL

To be eligible for SPL, you must be 바카라 사이트˜employees바카라 사이트™ (not 바카라 사이트˜workers바카라 사이트™) - check your employment status. If either of you is a 바카라 사이트˜worker바카라 사이트™, you might be able to share ShPP but not SPL.

To be eligible for ShPP, you must each earn on average at least £125 a week.

If the mother바카라 사이트™s partner wants to take the SPL and ShPP

For the mother바카라 사이트™s partner to take SPL and ShPP, both the mother and the mother바카라 사이트™s partner must meet some eligibility requirements.

The mother must:

  • have been working for at least 26 weeks out of the 66 weeks before the week the baby바카라 사이트™s due (the 26 weeks do not need to be in a row)
  • have earned at least £390 in total across any 13 of the 66 weeks (add up the highest paying weeks - they do not need to be in a row)

The mother바카라 사이트™s partner must:

  • have been employed continuously by the same employer for at least 26 weeks by the end of the 15th week before the due date
  • stay with the same employer until they start their SPL

To be eligible for SPL, the partner must be an 바카라 사이트˜employee바카라 사이트™ (not a 바카라 사이트˜worker바카라 사이트™) - check their employment status. If the partner is a 바카라 사이트˜worker바카라 사이트™, they might be able to get ShPP but not SPL.

To be eligible for ShPP, the partner must earn on average at least £125 a week.

If the mother wants to take the SPL and ShPP

For the mother to take SPL and ShPP, both the mother바카라 사이트™s partner and the mother must meet some eligibility criteria.

The mother바카라 사이트™s partner must:

  • have been working for at least 26 weeks out of the 66 weeks before the week the baby바카라 사이트™s due (the 26 weeks do not need to be in a row)
  • have earned at least £390 in total in 13 of the 66 weeks (add up the highest paying weeks - they do not need to be in a row)

The mother must:

  • have been employed continuously by the same employer for at least 26 weeks by the end of the 15th week before the due date
  • stay with the same employer until they start their SPL

To be eligible for SPL, the mother must be an 바카라 사이트˜employee바카라 사이트™ (not a 바카라 사이트˜worker바카라 사이트™) - check their employment status. If the mother is a 바카라 사이트˜worker바카라 사이트™, they might be able to get ShPP but not SPL.

To be eligible for ShPP, the mother must earn on average at least £125 a week.

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