Births UK Adoption Overseas Adoptions If an employee's partner is having a A person qualifies for OSPP A person qualifies for OSPP when baby, the employee will qualify for when adopting a child from within adopting a from overseas if they OSPP if they have: the UK if they have: have: At least 26 weeks' continuous service At least 26 weeks' continuous CONTINUOUS At least 26 weeks' continuous service SERVICE with the employer by the end of the service with the employer by the with the employer by the later of either 15th week before the expected week of matching week (this is the week – the week that official notification is childbirth in which the adopter is notified of received or the time they want payment of having been matched with the OSPP to begin and they continue to work child) and continued to work for for you up until the point the child enters the employer from the matching the UK week to the date of the child's placement AVERAGE Average weekly earnings (AWE) at or Average weekly earnings (AWE) Average weekly earnings (AWE) at or WEEKLY above the lower earnings limit (LEL) for at or above the lower earnings above the lower earnings limit (LEL) for EARNINGS National Insurance contributions limit (LEL) for NICs that applies at NICs that applies at the later of either the the end of the matching week end of the week in which official notification is received or the end of the week in which they complete 26 weeks' service ELIGIBLITY FOR Declared their eligibility for OSPP by Declared their eligibility for OSPP Declared eligibility for OSPP by OSPP giving you a completed form [SC3] at by giving you a completed form giving you a completed form [SC5] at least 28 days before they want their [SC4] at least 28 days before least 28 days before they want their OSPP to start (or as soon as they want their OSPP to start (or OSPP to start (or as soon as is reasonably practical) as soon as is reasonably reasonably practicable) practicable)
Births If an employee's partner is having a baby, the employee will qualify for OSPP if they have: UK Adoption A person qualifies for OSPP when adopting a child from within the UK if they have: Overseas Adoptions A person qualifies for OSPP when adopting a from overseas if they have: CONTINUOUS SERVICE At least 26 weeks' continuous service with the employer by the end of the 15th week before the expected week of childbirth At least 26 weeks' continuous service with the employer by the matching week – (this is the week in which the adopter is notified of having been matched with the child) and continued to work for the employer from the matching week to the date of the child's placement At least 26 weeks' continuous service with the employer by the later of either the week that official notification is received or the time they want payment of OSPP to begin and they continue to work for you up until the point the child enters the UK AVERAGE WEEKLY EARNINGS Average weekly earnings (AWE) at or above the lower earnings limit (LEL) for National Insurance contributions Average weekly earnings (AWE) at or above the lower earnings limit (LEL) for NICs that applies at the end of the matching week Average weekly earnings (AWE) at or above the lower earnings limit (LEL) for NICs that applies at the later of either the end of the week in which official notification is received or the end of the week in which they complete 26 weeks' service ELIGIBLITY FOR OSPP Declared their eligibility for OSPP by giving you a completed form [SC3] at least 28 days before they want their OSPP to start (or as soon as reasonably practical) Declared their eligibility for OSPP by giving you a completed form [SC4] at least 28 days before they want their OSPP to start (or as soon as is reasonably practicable) Declared eligibility for OSPP by giving you a completed form [SC5] at least 28 days before they want their OSPP to start (or as soon as is reasonably practicable)