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New statutory rates for 2025
Adrian Fryer
April marks the month each year where changes to statutory rates come into force. Most rate changes take effect from 6th April (to align with the start of the new tax year). National minimum wage changes take effect from 1st April.
The statutory rates for family leave, sick pay, redundancy and the cap on unfair dismissal compensatory awards will, from 6th April 2025, be as follows:
| Statutory maternity pay | £187.18 per week |
| Statutory paternity pay | £187.18 per week |
| Statutory shared parental pay | £187.18 per week |
| Statutory adoption pay | £187.18 per week |
| Statutory parental bereavement pay | £187.18 per week |
| Statutory neonatal care leave pay | £118.75 per week |
| Statutory sick pay | £118.75 per week |
| Statutory guarantee pay | £39 per day |
| Statutory redundancy pay | £719 per week |
| Maximum compensatory award for unfair dismissal | £118,223 |
The average gross weekly earnings required to qualify for the various forms of family leave pay will also increase from £123.00 or more per week, to £125.00 or more per week from 6th April 2025.
In addition, we have new figures for national minimum wage which take effect from 1st April 2025:
| Category | Rate |
| Aged 21 and above | £12.21 |
| Aged 18-20 | £10 |
| Aged under 18 (but above compulsory school leaving age) | £7.55 |
| Apprentices aged under 19 | £7.55 |
| Apprentices aged 19 or over but in the first year of their apprenticeship | £7.55 |
These amounts may be replaced by higher payments if the employer chooses to offer more voluntarily or is required to do so under the employee’s contract.
Contact our Employment Team.