SPM200400 - Change in Circumstances - working for an employer who is not liable for Statutory Payments
Source: gov.uk (2025-04-06)


SMP

If an employee works for another employer after the baby is born but during the SMP pay period - whether or not she loses her entitlement to SMP will depend upon whether she was working for the other employer during the QW.

Employee works for another employer who did employ her in the QW

The liable employer remains liable to pay the SMP throughout the MPP to an employee who works for another employer who did employ her in the QW.

Employee starts work for another employer after the QW but before the Confinement.

The liable employer remains liable to pay SMP until confinement and throughout the MPP for any complete weeks the employee does no work for that employer after confinement..

If the employee ends her employment with this employer SMP resumes until the end of the MPP.

Employee starts work for another employer after confinement who did not employ her during the QW

The liable employer remains liable to pay SMP during the MPP for any complete weeks the employee does no work until the contract with that employer comes to an end or the MPP period ends which ever comes first. SMP does not resume even if the MPP period has not ended.

The liable employer must give the MAT B1 certificate back to the employee and provide them with the reasons why they are no longer liable to pay SMP (Form SMP1 (Why I cannot pay you SMP) can be used for this purpose) This is to enable her to claim MA if she ends her employment with the other employer and her MPP has not ended. The employer should take a copy of the MATB1 for their own records.

SAP

SAP is not payable for any week during any part of which the employee works for the liable employer on a day other than a KIT day.

However the employee is still entitled to get SAP from the liable employer while working for a non-liable employer where they worked for them both in the MW or ONW or it is an associated employer and earnings were aggregated for the calculation of SAP.

If the employee starts work for a new employer after the MW/ONW stop paying SAP from the week they begin working for the new employer.

Section 171ZN(3), (4) and (5) of SSCBA 1992.

Regulations 26 and 38 of the Statutory Paternity Pay and Statutory Adoption Pay (General) Regulations 2002.

Regulation 16 of the Statutory Paternity Pay (Adoption) and Statutory Adoption Pay (Adoption from Overseas) Regulations 2003.

Section 167ZN (3), (4) and (5) of SSCB (NI) A 1992.

Regulations 26, and 38 of the Statutory Paternity Pay and Statutory Adoption Pay (General) Regulations (Northern Ireland) 2002.

Regulation 16 of the Statutory Paternity Pay (Adoption) and Statutory Adoption Pay (Adoption from Overseas) Regulations (Northern Ireland) 2003.

ShPP

Subject to SPLIT days ShPP is not payable for any week during any part of which the employee works for a liable employer.

However where an employee works only for an employer who is not liable to pay ShPP and worked for that employer in the Qualifying Week (QW), Matching Week(MW) or Official Notification Week (ONW), then the employee is still entitled to get ShPP from the liable employer while working for the non - liable employer.

Where an employee does any work for an employer who is not liable to pay ShPP and did not work for that employer in the QW/MW/ONW the employee will not be entitled to ShPP for any weeks in which they do any work.

Section 171ZY(4) of SSCBA 1992.

Regulations 12(1) of the Statutory Shared Parental Pay (General) Regulations 2014.

SPBP/SNCP

If the employee works for another employer, check whether they were employed by that employer
- during a week in which they are claiming SPBP/SNCP
- in the week before the child died or was stillborn
If the employee is working for someone who employed them in the week before the child died or was stillborn, SPBP/SNCP should be paid as normal.

If the employee is working for soemone who did not employ them in the week before the child died or was stillborn, liability to pay SPBP/SNCP ends on the last day of the week SPBP/SNCP was paid before they started working for the new employer.

Section 171ZZ9(6), (7) and (8) of SSCBA 1992.

Regulation 10 of the Statutory Parental Bereavement Pay (General) Regulations 2020

Section 171ZZ19(6), (7) and (8) of SSCBA 1992.

Regulation 13 of the Statutory Neonatal Care Pay (General) Regulations 2025