LRD guides and handbook June 2016

Law at Work 2016

Chapter 9

Statutory Adoption Pay 


[ch 9: page 299]

To get statutory adoption pay (SAP) an adoptive parent must:


• be an employee;


• earn at least £112 a week (2016-17) in the eight-week period leading up to the matching date;


• have worked for the employer continuously for at least 26 weeks by the week they are matched with a child;


• provide proof of adoption; and


• give the correct notice of intention to take statutory adoption leave.