If this is your employee's second child, check that their 'weeks paid SPP(A)' value is zero. Find out more in our statutory Paternity Pay (SPP) doesn't calculate for a second child article.
Process SPP(A) - Double-click the relevant employee.
- Click the Absence tab and click S.P.P.(A)
- Check the Child Arrival Dates and Employment Dates are correct.
- Ensure the Manual Statutory Paternity Pay (Adoption) calculations check box is clear.
- Under the Ordinary SPP (A) Details heading, select the Declaration received checkbox to confirm you've received the correct documents.
- Enter the Last Day of Work in the Week 1 row.
- Click OK, a message appears asking if you're entering two weeks of SPP(A)for the employee:
- If you are, click Yes and your software calculates two weeks of SPP as payable. You can leave the Week 2 field blank
- If the employee is taking the second week later, click No. When the employee takes the second week, return here and enter the last Date of work for the second week
 TIP: The employee must take the second week within 52 weeks. - To check the employee's average weekly gross pay, click Auto Calc.
 NOTE: If prompted that holiday payments made in or near the relevant period may affect the average earnings, click OK. - To view or amend the values that make up the average weekly gross pay, click 8 Weeks Gross.
TIP: The values in the Payment History automatically update when you process and update the relevant pay periods. - To check the employee's entitlement click the Entitlement tab.
- Click OK, then click Save.
- Click Close.
Check the employee's SPP(A) entitlement Once you've entered information on the Dates tab, you can check the employee's entitlement in the Entitlement tab. - Double-click the relevant employee.
- Click the Absence tab and click S.P.P(A).
- Click the Entitlement tab then check the following information:
▼ Periods | Start of Matching Week | This is the date of the first Sunday in the matching week (MW). | | Start of Paternity Pay Period | The start of paternity pay period date is the day after the Ended work for PPP date entered in the Dates tab of the Statutory Paternity Pay window. | ▼ Details | Previously Paid | The number of weeks, and amount for ordinary statutory pay (adoption) (OSPP(A)) and additional statutory paternity pay (adoption) (ASPP(A)) already paid. | | Currently Due | The number of weeks, and amount of OSPP(A) and ASPP(A) due to the employee. | | Total | The total of the number of weeks and amounts previously paid and currently due. The details section can show zero weeks due if: - The employee has previously received SPP(A) and the number of SPP(A) weeks paid isn't zero within the Year to Date window
- The process date is incorrect
| | Ordinary SPP(A) | Entitlement - Weeks/Rate/Amount Ordinary statutory paternity pay (adoption) is payable for a maximum of two weeks. | | Additional SSP(A) | Entitlement - Weeks/Rate/Amount Additional statutory paternity pay (adoption) is payable for a maximum of 19 weeks. However, in the event of the co-adopter's death, paternity pay may be payable early, where the maximum would be 39 weeks. | - To close the Entitlement screen, click OK.
Pension contributions When an employee receives statutory parental pay, you need to pay employer pension contributions based on their full pay, not the statutory payment. To find out how, visit the how to handle employer pension contributions for employees receiving statutory pay article.
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