The Government has announced the new statutory rates for statutory sick pay and family leave pay to apply from 6th April 2026.
| Existing Rate | From 6th April 2026 | |
| Statutory maternity pay | £187.18 per week | £194.32 per week |
| Statutory paternity pay | £187.18 per week | £194.32 per week |
| Statutory shared parental pay | £187.18 per week | £194.32 per week |
| Statutory adoption pay | £187.18 per week | £194.32 per week |
| Statutory parental bereavement pay | £187.18 per week | £194.32 per week |
| Statutory neonatal care leave pay | £187.18 per week | £194.32 per week |
| Statutory sick pay | £118.75 per week | £123.25 per week |
The average gross weekly earnings required to qualify for family leave pay is proposed to increase from £125.00 or more per week, to £129.00 or more per week from 6th April 2026.
From April 2026, there will be no minimum weekly earnings threshold to qualify for Statutory Sick Pay (SSP), meaning all employees, regardless of how much they earn, will be eligible, and SSP will be payable from the first day of sickness, scrapping the previous three waiting days.
The payment will be the lower of 80% of an employee’s average weekly earnings or the set flat rate (currently £118.75 and soon to be £123.25).
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