Free statutory pay check · 2026/27

Statutory pay worked out for your employee

Sick pay, maternity pay, paternity pay or holiday for irregular hours: enter their pay and the dates, and see what to pay each week and what you can reclaim from HMRC.

What do you need to work out?

Their earnings

Add up the gross pay on their last 8 weekly payslips, or last 2 monthly ones, before the first day off sick (sick pay) or the end of the qualifying week (maternity or paternity). Include overtime and bonuses

Leave empty to use the pay above

The sickness

Leave empty and we'll show 4 weeks

Days they normally work

The baby

From the MATB1 certificate or the employee's notice

Leave empty: maternity from the due week, paternity from the due date

Worked for you for 26 weeks or more by the qualifying week?

The qualifying week is the 15th week before the week the baby is due. The result shows its dates.

Paternity weeks
Class 1 NI last tax year £45,000 or less?

Employee and employer NI together, from your payroll's year-end summary. It decides whether you reclaim 92% or 109%.

One pay period

From the timesheet

Before holiday pay

Optional

Free. No sign-up. We don't keep the figures.

The 2026/27 rules the check uses

  • Sick pay: £123.25 a week or 80% of average weekly earnings if lower, from the first full day off sick, for the days they normally work, up to 28 weeks. It can't be reclaimed.
  • Maternity pay: 6 weeks at 90% of average weekly earnings, then 33 weeks at £194.32 or 90% if lower. Needs 26 weeks' service into the qualifying week and earnings of at least £129 a week.
  • Paternity pay: 1 or 2 weeks at £194.32 or 90% if lower.
  • Reclaiming: 92% of maternity and paternity pay, or 109% with Small Employers' Relief.
  • Irregular hours: holiday builds up at 12.07% of hours worked, or rolled-up holiday pay of 12.07% of pay.

Official sources (checked 25 October 2026)

Written and reviewed by the EmployerCalculator team.

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