Employment Law Guide 2026: Increase to statutory family leave payments
From April 2026 the weekly rate of statutory maternity, adoption, paternity, shared parental, neonatal care and parental bereavement pay, as well as maternity allowance, will increase to £194.32 (up from £187.18). At the same time, the lower earnings limit (the weekly earnings threshold for qualifying for the above payments, except maternity allowance) will rise to be £129 (up from £125). For maternity allowance, the threshold remains at £30 a week.
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