Statutory Paternity Pay (SPP) and Absence – Ciphr

In the employee profile, there is a tab named Absence

Within the Absence tab, you can click Create new

This will take you to a list of statutory absences to choose from, in this case, choose Paternity pay for birth or Paternity pay for adoption and the following screens will appear.

Paternity pay for birth

Paternity pay for adoption

You need to complete the information on the screen. Firstly enter the Expected date/ Matching date, based on this the system will calculate the Average Weekly Earnings. Next you need to enter the Date of birth/ Placement date, Start date and End date.

Note: If an employee has not been paid through the system (due to being migrated or a new starter) the system will show the "No payments found in the relevant period based on qualifying cut off date:" message.

For new starters there is also a validation checking the employee start date makes them eligible for Statutory Paternity Pay.

For migrated employees you can enter the AWE manually.

In the current pay run for the employee, the Statutory Paternity Pay (SPP) will have pulled through to the payslip if the absence falls within this or a previous pay period.

In this example, as the employee is salaried with a Mon-Fri work pattern, the system will pay SPP at the appropriate rate for the tax year for the days falling within the pay period and make the necessary deduction from salary to ensure the employee receives only the SPP for the period of time they're absent.

Further information and guidance about SPP can be found here Statutory Paternity Pay (SPP).

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