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New statutory payment rates from 11 April 2011

On 9 December 2010 the government announced the proposed rates of statutory benefits which are expected to apply from 11 April 2011, including:

Statutory Maternity Pay, Statutory Paternity Pay and Statutory Adoption Pay. The standard rates will increase from £124.88 to £128.73. The weekly earnings threshold for these payments will rise from £97 to £102.

Statutory Sick Pay. SSP will increase from £79.15 to £81.60, with the weekly earnings threshold also rising from £97 to £102.

Maternity allowance. This will increase from £124.88 to £128.73, with the earnings threshold remaining at £30.

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