• notice requirements will be flexible and will distinguish between leave taken very soon and leave taken at a later period • evidence requirements will mirror existing requirements used for other family leave and pay rights, where it is practicable to do so.
Parental bereavement leave and pay: government response
Geographical extent: The Parental Bereavement Leave and Pay measures apply to Great Britain only.
CIPP comment As we stressed in our response to the Department for Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy (BEIS), and at every opportunity thereafter, it is vital that this statutory right is supported by clear, comprehensive and timely guidance. The Policy team will continue to work with BEIS and will look forward to reviewing draft guidance when it becomes available.
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Statutory payments: Small Employers Relief threshold and recovery rates 4 December 2018
Subject to Parliamentary approval, the Small Employers Relief threshold (£45,000) and recovery rate (3%) will remain unchanged for 2019-20, as will the standard recovery rate (92%).
Our news item at the end of November detailed the Department for Work and Pensions (DWP) proposed statutory rates which will apply from April 2019.
In summary, the proposed rate for Statutory Maternity Pay, Statutory Paternity Pay, Statutory Adoption Pay and Statutory Shared Parental Pay will be £148.68, and the Statutory Sick Pay weekly rate will be £94.25.
HMRC’s Software Developers Support Team (SDST) informed us that the Small Employers Relief threshold (£45,000) and recovery rate (3%) remain unchanged for 2019-20, as does the standard recovery rate (92%).
These figures are all still subject to parliamentary approval.
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Shared Parental Leave and Pay (Extension) 2017-19 10 December 2018
The text of this Private Member’s Bill has been published, which aims to provide shared parental leave and pay to the self-employed including freelance workers and workers in the GIG economy. The Bill also aims to extend the sharing of statutory maternity allowance to a mother’s self-employed partner.
The Shared Parental Leave and Pay (Extension) Bill 2017-19 was introduced by Tracy Brabin, MP for Batley and Spen who hailed this as being a bill that delivers ‘no additional cost to the tax payer’.
The Bill received its first reading on 21 February 2018. The second reading debate of the was originally scheduled for 11 May 2018, but it is now expected to take place on Friday 25 January 2019.
If the Bill receives Royal Assent and becomes the ‘Shared Parental Leave and Pay (Extension) Act 2018’, the regulations will come into force within 12 months of this date.
Geographical extent – The Bill applies to England, Wales, and Scotland
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