Paternity - Leave & Pay

NEW - From April 2008, the standard rate of Statutory Maternity Pay (SMP), Statutory Adoption Pay (SAP) and Statutory Paternity Pay (SPP) in the UK increased from £112.75 per week to £117.18 per week.

Rights to paternity leave and pay have been introduced which are available to employees whose children were born on or after 6 April 2003.