LRD guides and handbook June 2014

Law at Work 2014

Chapter 8

Statutory Adoption Pay

[ch 8: page 233]

To get Statutory Adoption Pay (SAP) an adoptive parent must:

• be an employee;

• earn at least £111 a week (2014-15) 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;

• give the correct notice of intention to take Statutory Adoption Leave.