The Social Security Benefits Up-rating Order 2019 4 March 2019
Further to the proposed statutory payment rates for 2019-20, The Social Security Benefits Up-rating Order 2019 has been published, due to come into force in April 2019.
Geographical extent – This Order applies to England, Wales and Scotland (exception article 3).
The statutory pay rate increases are the same as those proposed in November by the Department for Work and Pensions and are as follows:
2018-19
2019-20
STATUTORY ADOPTION PAY Earnings threshold
£116.00 £145.18
£118.00 £148.68
Standard Rate
STATUTORY MATERNITY PAY Earnings threshold
£116.00 £145.18
£118.00 £148.68
Standard Rate
STATUTORY PATERNITY PAY Earnings threshold
£116.00 £145.18
£118.00 £148.68
Standard Rate
STATUTORY SHARED PARENTAL PAY Earnings threshold
£116.00 £145.18
£118.00 £148.68
Standard Rate
STATUTORY SICK PAY Earnings threshold
£116.00 £92.05
£118
Standard Rate
£94.25
Full details can be found in The Social Security Benefits Up-rating Order 2019. The Order is still in draft and subject to Parliamentary approval.
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Statutory Sick Pay (SSP) guidance update 20 May 2019
Allied Health Professional reports has been added to SSP guidance as strong evidence of sickness for a period of incapacity lasting more than 7 days.
Incapacity lasts more than 7 days
You can ask your employee to give you medical evidence or a fit note from their doctor. It is your decision whether evidence of illness is required, and if so, what evidence is acceptable.
A doctor’s fit note or an Allied Health Professional report is strong evidence of sickness and is usually acceptable. Your employee may give you a certificate from someone who is not a doctor, such as: • osteopaths • chiropractors
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