Key Facts & Figures

National Minimum Wage/Living Wage

	National Living Wage (workers aged 21 and over)	18 – 20	Under 18	Apprenticeship rate (minimum hourly rate)
6th April 2024	£11.44	£8.60	£6.40	£6.40
6th April 2023	£10.42	£7.49	£5.28	£5.28

Weekly rate of SMP

Maximum period

90% of employee’s average weekly earnings (before tax)

90% of employee’s average weekly earnings or £184.03 (whichever is lower)

First 6 weeks

33 weeks

SMP is paid in the same way as your wages (i.e. monthly or weekly) and tax and NI will be deducted.

Weekly rate of SPP	Maximum period
90% of employee’s average weekly earnings or £184.03 (whichever is lower)	Two weeks’ ordinary paternity leave; 26 weeks’ additional paternity leave

Tax and NI will be deducted in the usual way.

Weekly rate of SPP

Maximum period

90% of employee’s average weekly earnings (before tax)

90% of employee’s average weekly earnings or £184.03 (whichever is lower)

First 6 weeks

33 weeks

Tax and NI will be deducted in the usual way.

Weekly rate of SPP	Maximum period
90% of employee’s average weekly earnings or £184.03 (whichever is lower)	You can share up to 50 weeks of leave and up to 37 weeks of pay between you in the first year after your child is born or placed with your family.

Tax and NI will be deducted in the usual way.

0.5 weeks’ pay	For each year of service for employees between the ages of 18 and 21
1 weeks’ pay	For each year of service for employees between the ages of 22 and 40
1.5 weeks’ pay	For each year of service for employees aged 41 and over

Effective Date of Termination	Maximum Basic Award	Maximum Compensatory Award
6th April 2024 – 5th April 2025	£21,000	£115,115 or 52 week’s gross pay (whichever is lower)
6th April 2023 – 5th April 2024	£19,290	£105,707 or 52 weeks’ gross pay (whichever is lower)

This page was updated on 4th April 2024.