SPM160400 - Statutory Shared Parental Pay and Leave (ShPP/SPL) - general information: employment and earnings test

The employment and earnings test

To be eligible for shared parental leave and/or pay, an employee must share the care of their child with a partner that meets an employment and earnings test. This test is as follows:

• in the 66 weeks leading up to the baby’s expected due date the mother, father or mother’s partner will have worked for at least 26 weeks and earned an average of £30 in any 13 of those weeks.