When can my Statutory Paternity Pay start?

Your SPP can begin on:

• the date the child is born, or if you are at work on that day, then the following day; or
• a date that falls a certain number of days after the child is born as specified by you; or
• a pre-determined date which you have specified to your employer and which falls later than the first day of the week that your child is due.

You don’t have to take your leave and pay as soon as the child is born, but you do have to take it within 56 days from the day the child is born.