Course description
Paying Statutory Maternity Pay (SMP)
This course helps you begin your payroll journey with an overview of how to pay Statutory Maternity Pay, including key terms and phrases and some simple calculations to help solidify your knowledge.
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Suitability - Who should attend?
The course is suitable for participants that have the following suggested roles of newly employed:
- Payroll administrators
- Payroll co-ordinators
- HR administrators
- HR co-ordinators
And you may be working in either:
- A payroll bureau
- Accountancy firm
- In-house payroll team
Outcome / Qualification etc.
CPD: 1 Point
On this course you will learn:
- Absence overview
- The basics of Statutory Maternity Pay (SMP)
- Eligibility for SMP
- Calculating SMP
- Paying SMP
Training Course Content
The e-learning course guides you through:
- Tell the difference between statutory and contractual pay
- Explain eligibility to employees
- Identify who is eligible to receive SMP
- The average earnings test
- Calculate how much SMP to pay
- Explain how and when to pay SMP
Course delivery details
Courses are delivered using the CIPPs online learning tool Moodle. Once registered for the course, you will be introduced to the topics covered throughout the hour and the course learning outcomes. Learning is achieved via a step by step process throughout the module, with a short test at the end of each topic, ensuring you have a full understanding of the course.
Once all topics have been completed, you’ll be presented with a link to download your learning resources, including the module workbook. You’ll also be taken through the learning outcomes once again with the opportunity to revisit any of the topics covered.
The course material will be provided on the date that you have booked, and you will have three weeks from this date to complete.
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Covering in detail the core statutory payments as well as introducing Shared Parental Leave and Pay, completing this course will complete a payroll administrator’s essential skill set.
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