Create Statutory Leave Types for UK Payroll (UK)
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Set Up: Leave of Absence
domain in the Time Off and Leave functional area.The United Kingdom requires these types of payments for workers on statutory leave:
- Statutory Adoption Pay
- Statutory Maternity Pay
- Statutory Neonatal Care Pay
- Statutory Parental Bereavement Pay
- Statutory Parental Bereavement Pay for Northern Ireland
- Statutory Paternity Pay
- Statutory Shared Parental Pay
- Statutory Sick Pay
Create leave types that correspond to each statutory leave payment. Workday uses the leave types to pay eligible workers at the appropriate rate while they're on leave. Also configure each leave type to capture the information required by each statutory leave, such as an expected due date or adoption notification date.
Workday Payroll for the UK doesn't support cascading leave types that are linked to statutory payments.
- Access theCreate Leave Typetask.
- Select theRegulatoryLeave Family.
- Select theLeave Payment Typeto which the leave type links.Statutory Leave PaymentLeave Payment TypeStatutory Adoption PayUnited Kingdom - GBRSAP - Statutory Adoption PayStatutory Maternity PayUnited Kingdom - GBRSMP - MaternityStatutory Neonatal PayUnited Kingdom – GBRNLP – Neonatal Leave PayStatutory Parental Bereavement PayUnited Kingdom - GBRSPBP - Statutory Parental Bereavement PayFrom 6th April 2026, use this leave payment type for all of the UK except Northern Ireland.Statutory Parental Bereavement Pay for Northern IrelandUnited Kingdom - GBRSPBPNIRE - Statutory Parental Bereavement Pay for Northern IrelandStatutory Paternity PayUnited Kingdom - GBROSPP - Ordinary Statutory Paternity PayStatutory Shared Parental PayUnited Kingdom - GBRShPP - Shared Parental LeaveStatutory Sick PayUnited Kingdom - GBRSSP - Statutory Sick PayYou typically configure Statutory Sick Pay as a time off. Workday recommends that you only create a leave type for SSP if you use the leave type for long-term sickness, in addition to a corresponding time off for short-term sickness.
- In theLeave Impactssection, selectPayroll Effectto suspend the worker's normal pay rate so that payroll can pay them at the statutory payment rate.
- For Statutory Parental Bereavement Pay, on theBalance / Leave Takentab, selectEntitlement per Eventto enable linking of multiple requests for this leave type. Example: A parent takes two separate, noncontiguous weeks leave, or suffers the death of more than 1 child at the same time.
- For Statutory Parental Bereavement Pay for Northern Ireland, on the:
- Validations / Supporting Datatab, add anyLeave of Absence Rulethat you use. Examples: Work location must be Northern Ireland, or: Duration must be 1 or 2 weeks.
- Balance / Leave Takentab, selectEntitlement per Eventto enable linking of multiple requests for this leave type. Enter 14Entitlement Unitsbecause each leave event is a maximum of 14 days.
- On theAdditional Fieldstab, for each additional field required by the statutory leave payment, add a row in theAdditional Fieldsgrid and select the required fields.Statutory Leave Payment TypeAdditional FieldsStatutory Adoption PayAdoption Notification DateDate Child Entered CountryStatutory Maternity PayExpected Due DateExpected Week of ConfinementChild's Birth DateStatutory Neonatal Care PayNeonatal Care Discharge DateNeonatal Care Start DateStatutory Parental Bereavement PayChild's Date of DeathStatutory Parental Bereavement Pay for Northern IrelandChild's Date of DeathDate of MiscarriageDon't selectYesin theRequiredfield.Statutory Paternity PayExpected Due DateExpected Week of ConfinementChild's Birth DateAdoption Notification DateDate Child Entered CountryStatutory Shared Parental PayExpected Due DateExpected Week of ConfinementChild's Birth DateAdoption Notification DateDate Child Entered CountryDependent Detail