What are men entitled to for paternity pay??

[beth2440]

I have just done the work tool calculator on direct.gov for my husband to see what he would get it gave us a very low figure per week and said that he will either get about this figure or 90% of his normal weekly pay whichever is the lower. I am really annoyed if they paid him 90% of his wage fr the two weeks we could cope but not if he has to tae the lower figure that it has projected. Has anyone done this work tool calculator??

He needs to speak with his employer to understand what he will get. At my work, men get a month off on full pay. At DPs work, it's one week full pay, one week at Standard Paternity Pay. There is a legal minimum but many employers will go over that, just like a lot of employers pay more than SMP to mothers.

No his company are terrible they are only willing to pay him what they have to and not a penny more. They are quite unapproacabe and quite frankly I don't trust them so was hoping to get some advice and then we know what we are entitled to incase they try and diddle us. He wants two weeks but may have to go back earlier or take holiday leave so that he gets paid his normal wage. I'm not kidding it's very very low direct.gov projected £120 per week or 90% of his weekly pay if lower than the £120. It really annoys me that if you have no job you get better taken care of. (I know I know stop the politics rage) :)

Confused as to how you get taken better care of if you have no job? Is JSA more than paternity pay then? Don't answer if it will cause a barney, I'm just intrigued!

Anyway, minimum paternity pay is £124 or something at the moment, same as the basic rate of maternity pay, and no obligation to pay more although many employers do. Might be better off just taking holiday.

Hi
I work in HR and can answer this for you.
Current SPP rates are £128.73 per week unless 90% of their normal earnings is less than this.
This figure normally changes every April, but only by a few pounds.
Men can now also take up thier partners maternity leave if they return to work early ( shout if you want more info)
Most small compaines will only ever pay the statutory as paying above this would cause them financial issues ( my company would have gone bust if we paid this at full pay)
Most of the guys here will either take one week paternity and one annual leave or both a leave so as to keep earnings up.

It may look measley but a few years ago there was nothing at all for the guys so this is progress.

HTH

Hi Sazzy, thanks that was helpful. Yes it was £128 spot on!! Hmmm might do 1 week paternity and 1 week hols then to boost it up. I'm very lucky I work for a small company but they are payng me very generously so at least we have my pay.

Flowery - You get paid to look for a job and also a further benefit due to you having a child not the benefit that everybody is entitled to (cant remeber the catual names and dont have time to look it up). If you go onto having further children your money increases if you are still unemployed. If I have a second child my work don't pay me anymore I have to make do. Don't really want to get into a debate with you so we will have to agree to dis agree.

Lunch break over must go do some work - Thank you for the help :)

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What are we disagreeing about? Just asking what you meant that's all, I didn't proffer any opinion.

Sorry if my post wasn't helpful to you.

No you were right flowery. JSA is £65 ish per week. Even with income based JSA or income support it would still be less. Op, might make you feel better to find out the actual figures. It's really not very much at all.

Btw, OP plenty of fathers get nothing because they're not employees so you're not too unlucky. Really.

Really not intetested in arguing with anybody. Very sorry don't know what 'op' means? Flowery i just mean that i didnt want to get into any debates about benefit allowances with you any advice on paternity leave was helpful thankyou :). I'm very glad that husband is not self employed anymore he would have got nothing you are right.

Op = original poster/post.

Good luck with the new baby :)