Adoption pay
Summary
- Employers must pay eligible employees on adoption leave statutory adoption pay if they satisfy the qualifying conditions. (See Overview of statutory adoption pay)
- To qualify for statutory adoption pay, employees must meet certain eligibility criteria. (See Eligibility for statutory adoption pay)
- Statutory adoption pay is payable for up to 39 weeks. (See Period of payment of statutory adoption pay)
- An employee on adoption leave can work for up to 10 days without losing their right to statutory adoption pay. (See Keeping-in-touch days and statutory adoption pay)
- Employers are able to recover most of the statutory adoption payments that they make. (See Recovery of statutory adoption pay)
- Employers must keep a record of details relating statutory adoption pay for three years. (See Statutory adoption pay and record keeping)
- An employer may offset payments of contractual adoption pay against its liability to pay statutory adoption pay. (See Contractual adoption pay)
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