LRD guides and handbook June 2014

Law at Work 2014

Chapter 8

Additional Statutory Paternity Pay

[ch 8: page 234]

An employee taking APL is entitled to Additional Statutory Paternity Pay (ASPP) where:

• the mother has not used up her entitlement to 39 weeks’ SMP or MA;

• she has at least two weeks’ entitlement left;

• the employee has average weekly earnings at or above the Lower Earnings Limit (£111 — 2014 -15) over an eight-week period, ending with the due date.