To Set Up Shared Parental Pay

Shared Parental Pay (ShPP) has replaced Additional Statutory Paternity Pay. ShPP allows eligible partners to share parental leave. The rules for adoptions are similar to new births.

For details about ShPP, please visit www.gov.uk/shared-parental-leave-and-pay/overview.

To pay Shared Parental Pay, you must first create a payment profile and link that payment profile to the relevant employees.

  1. Open the Payroll folder and then click  or click the Payroll & HR tab on the Ribbon Bar and then click Payroll - Maintenance.

  2. Open the Payment Profiles form and create a payment profile with either type "J ShPP Birth" or type "K ShPP Adopt". Update the other boxes as necessary. Close the form.

  3. Open the Payroll folder and then click Processing or click the Payroll & HR tab on the Ribbon Bar and then click Payroll - Processing.

  4. If you are using groups, in the Select Payroll Groups list, click to select the group(s) you want to process and then click OK. Then locate the employee's record using the List tab or by pressing CTRL+F to search for the record.

  5. Click Action and open the Payment & Deductions form. Select Action again and select Add Item or press F5. Select the payment profile you created in step 2 and select OK.

  6. Select the payment profile in the grid on the Payment & Deductions form. Then enter the Shared Parental Pay value either in the Perm Value or Temp Value column. A permanent value is used for more than one pay period but a temporary value is used for one pay period only. Close the form.

  7. Click Action again, select Statutory Payments and then select ShPP Partner Details. Enter the partner's details and close the form.

    Shared Parental Pay will now be included in the next payroll calculation.