If this is your employee's second child, check that their weeks paid SPP value is zero. Find out more in our SPP doesn't calculate for a second child article.

Process SPP

1. Double-click the relevant employee.
2. Click the Absence tab and click the S.P.P button.
3. The Statutory Paternity Pay window will open on the Details tab.
4. Enter the Baby Arrival Dates and check the Employment Dates are correct.
5. Ensure the Manual Statutory Paternity Pay Calculations check box is clear.
6. Under the Ordinary SPP details section, select the Declaration received checkbox to confirm you've received the correct documents.
7. Enter the Last Day of Work in the Week 1 row.
8. Click OK, the message 'Are you entering 2 weeks of Statutory Paternity Pay for the employee?' appears:
   • If you are, click Yes and your software automatically adds the last day of work for Week 2 to follow Week 1
   • If the employee is taking the second week later, click No. Return to this screen when the employee takes the second week. Then enter the last Day of work for Week 2 to calculate it at the time
     TIP: The employee must take the second week within 52 weeks of the child's birth.
9. Click Auto Calc to calculate the employee's average weekly gross pay.
10. A prompt could appear that holiday payments made in or near the relevant period affect the average earnings, click OK.
11. To view the values that make up the average weekly gross pay, click the 8 Weeks Gross tab.
12. To check the employee's entitlement click the Entitlement tab. How to check an employee's Statutory Paternity Pay Entitlement.
13. Click OK, then click Save.
14. Click Close.