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Last Updated: 2026-03-13
Steps: Set Up Statutory Leave Payments (UK)

Steps: Set Up Statutory Leave Payments (UK)

Workday Payroll for the UK provides calculations and leave payment types that enable you to manage these statutory leave payments:
  • 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
Unlike these statutory payments, you can manage Statutory Sick Pay (SSP) through leaves or time offs. Workday treats SSP separately from other types of statutory leave.
  1. Workday Payroll for the UK doesn't support cascading leave types that are linked to statutory payments.
  3. For Statutory Shared Parental Pay, add payroll input to record the total agreed number of weeks that the worker's entitled to receive shared parental pay.
    1. Access the
      Add Payroll Input by Worker
       task.
      Security:
      Worker Data: Payroll (Payroll Input)
       domain in the Core Payroll functional area.
    2. Enter these settings:
      Option
      Setting
      Start Date
      Select a
      Start Date
       in the period in which leave starts.
      End Date
      Select either the:
      • Leave event end date, if the worker takes leave in a single block.
      • End date of the last leave, if the worker takes leave in several blocks.
      Pay Component
      Select
      GBR ShPP [GBR]
      .
      Input Details
      Add a row for the
      Entitlement Weeks Total Leave Entitlement
       type. In the
      Value
       field, enter the agreed total number of weeks leave that the worker individually receives.
  4. (Optional) Access the
    Maintain Payroll Country Leave Of Absence Types Calculated In Days
     task.
    Security:
    Set Up: Payroll UK
     domain in the UK Payroll functional area.
    By default, Workday calculates statutory parental payments in completed weeks, processed in the period when a worker starts their leave. You can change the payment calculation to calendar days for these leave of absence types:
    • Adoption Leave
    • Bereavement Leave
    • Maternity Leave
    • Ordinary Paternity Leave
    • Shared Parental Leave
    Example: Paying in calendar days, instead of part weeks, when the completed week crosses 2 pay periods.
    When you calculate in calendar days, the worker must still take a complete week of leave to be eligible for payment. If a worker returns to work part way through a complete week, they relinquish the right to payment for that week.