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Course overview
The legislation for statutory sick, maternity, paternity, adoption, shared parental and associated leave, is complex and covered in detail in this informative course.
Aimed a payroll and HR professionals with a variety of backgrounds and experience, this course covers in-depth the rules and regulations for SSP, SMP, SAP, SSP and their associated statutory leave provisions. It also provides an introductory overview of ShPP and SPL. Furthermore, the syllabus explains how these statutory provisions should interact with occupational pay and leave organisations may additionally provide.
This course forms part of the three-day Introduction to Payroll course, but can also be attended as a stand-alone course. Learning is offered either online or in-person and includes one full day of face-to-face content or two half days of online content. Materials will be released in advance of the course and will be available to you through the CIPP.
- 7 CPD points
- Part of the Essential payroll group
Course fees:
- CIPP Non-members price: £495.00 + VAT – In-class or online
- CIPP Members price*: £395.00 + VAT – In-class or online
What you'll learn
Beginning with an overview of the types of statutory and contractual absence, this course moves to cover in-depth the criteria employees must meet to qualify for statutory sick pay and the five types of statutory child-related absence. This course also explains how to calculate statutory payments for these absences and how to keep records, including notification processes.
At the end of the course you will be able to:
- Identify entitlement to statutory pay and leave
- Understand the various differences between the six statutory payments
- Calculate statutory payments
- Comply with the statutory requirements for statutory payments
By the end of the course, you will be able to understand the differences between statutory entitlements to leave and pay and occupational schemes, identify how and when an employee qualifies for pay or leave and administer correct payments to employees on statutory leave.
Recognition
Study method
- In-class
- Online
- Blended
Locations
- England
- Birmingham
- London
- Manchester
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Duration study load
1 day but 3 days if you sign up for the Intro to Payroll collection
Entry requirements
This course is an introduction to statutory leave and payments, however, some familiarity with payroll processing is required. So that you can get full benefit from the subjects in this course, we recommend that you have a basic understanding of the payroll function. For individuals completely new to payroll we recommend that you complete one or all of the following courses before attending:
- Payroll for Non-Payroll Professionals (1 day trainer-led course)
- Paying Statutory Sick Pay (1 hour eLearning module)
- Paying Statutory Maternity Pay (1 hour eLearning module)
Pathways
- Introduction to Income Tax & NICs
- Essential Additions to Payroll Basics
- Holiday Pay & Leave
Testimonials
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Karen HughesIntroduction to statutory payments"The course is very involved and a lot to take in, however, I thought it was fantastic and would recommend this course to anyone who is looking for a career in payroll 10/10."
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Natalie GrayIntroduction to statutory payments"Lots of relevant information, course was delivered really well with lots of good opportunities to discuss scenarios."
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Susan WoodrowIntroduction to statutory payments"Fantastic course. The trainer was so enthusiastic and as excellent in his delivery. I am now much more relaxed on this subject."
Who's it for?
Administering statutory leave entitlement and the associated pay provisions can be complicated but are an essential arena for organisations to operate correctly and efficiently.
Understanding of statutory payments and leave is required to:
- Communicate entitlement to leave and pay for employees
- Check payroll software calculations
- Administer statutory pay alongside occupational entitlements
- Ensure compliance with statutory minimum payments
This course will be delivered by an expert CIPP-certified payroll trainer, who will give you ample opportunities to ask questions and to test your knowledge about the subject through interactive exercises.
This course is a great start to your learning in payroll.
The course is suitable for delegates who have the following suggested roles:
- Payroll administrators
- Payroll co-ordinators
- Hr administrators
- Hr co-ordinators
- Payroll supervisors
And you may be working in either:
- A payroll bureau
- accountancy firm
- in-house payroll team
Subjects
- Overview of HMRC’s compliance role with statutory payments
- Outlining the arbitration route with statutory payment decisions
- Determining employees eligible for SSP
- Interpreting Periods of Incapacity to Work, Qualifying Days & Waiting Days
- Calculating SSP payments
- Outlining record-keeping requirements for SSP
- Determining employees eligible for SMP
- Interpreting Week Baby Due, Qualifying Weeks and Employment Start Dates
- Calculating SMP payments
- Identifying contractual considerations for employees on maternity leave
- Outlining record-keeping requirements for SMP
- Determining employees eligible for leave and pay, calculating payments due, and identifying notifications and record-keeping requirements for: Statutory Adoption Pay (SAP), Statutory Paternity Pay (SSP), Statutory Parental Bereavement Pay (SPBP)
- Overview of the principles of ShPP
About CIPP
The Chartered Institute of Payroll Professionals (CIPP) is the Chartered Institute for payroll, pensions and reward professionals in the UK. With more than 9,500 individuals benefitting from the CIPP's membership benefits and CIPP-approved qualifications and training, the Institute is dedicated to raising the profile of payroll in businesses across the UK.
IPP Education Ltd (IPPE) is a wholly owned subsidiary of the CIPP. IPPE is an education and training provider specialising in payroll, pensions and reward, that develops, delivers, assesses, and awards its products to the relevant industry standard.
Why choose IPPE?
- All content is developed in liaison with employers and industry leads within payroll, pensions and reward.
- All of IPPE’s products are CIPP-approved for quality and legislative compliance.
- Our training courses are delivered by professionals active within the payroll, pensions or reward industries.
- Our end-point assessments are conducted by qualified assessors active within the payroll industry.
- Our qualifications are delivered and assessed by qualified tutors active within the payroll, pensions or reward industries.
