Statutory Parental Bereavement Pay (SPBP)

Information on Statutory Parental Bereavement Pay (SPBP) in Sage Payroll.

From 6 April 2020, parents in England, Scotland and Wales have the right to statutory leave if:

• They suffer the loss of a child under the age of 18
• Suffer a stillbirth from 24 weeks of pregnancy

The same legislation also applied to Northern Ireland from 6 April 2022.

Employed parents can claim 2 weeks of paid leave for this period. This is subject to meeting eligibility criteria.

With Sage Payroll you can record SPBP during a pay run. Your next Employer Payment Submission will inform HMRC of the reclaim.

• Qualifying rules
• Entitlement
• Recording SPBP
• Recovering SPBP from HMRC