Statutory pay exclusion options for average holiday pay

Average Holiday Pay If an Employee's work has no fixed or regular hours, their holiday pay will be based on the average pay they received over the previous 52 weeks (or a average based on the available number of weeks if less than the full 52. schemes include options to exclude certain periods from average holiday If an Employee's work has no fixed or regular hours, their holiday pay will be based on the average pay they received over the previous 52 weeks (or a average based on the available number of weeks if less than the full 52. pay calculations based on the type of statutory pay present. This gives more control over how statutory pay affects average holiday pay.

These settings are in Edit Details. Select Leave, then Add Average Holiday Pay Scheme or select an existing scheme to update the settings.

What are the exclusion options

Two options control how statutory pay periods are excluded from calculations. Only one option can be selected at a time.

These options replace the previous Ignore where statutory pay is present. It has been renamed and changed to two options to make it using the options clearer.

Exclusion options for average holiday pay
Option label What it does
Do not include periods where all payments are statutory Excludes periods where only statutory pay is present, such as Statutory Maternity Pay (SMP Statutory Maternity Pay is the pay an employer must give to female employees on maternity leave, for up to 39 weeks.), Statutory Sick Pay Statutory sick pay refers to the pay an employer must give you if you’re too ill to work. It’s paid to you by your employer for up to 28 weeks, based on certain eligibility criteria - the cost of SSP is no longer able to be recovered - SSP is no longer reported to HMRC on your EPS submissions (SSP Statutory sick pay refers to the pay an employer must give you if you’re too ill to work. It’s paid to you by your employer for up to 28 weeks, based on certain eligibility criteria - the cost of SSP is no longer able to be recovered - SSP is no longer reported to HMRC on your EPS submissions), or Statutory Adoption Pay (SAP SAP or Statutory Adoption Pay. If an employee is adopting a child with a partner, one of them may be entitled to SAP and the other may be entitled to Ordinary Statutory Paternity Pay (OSPP). SAP usually follows the same basis as SMP in terms of amounts of length of time.). This is the renamed version of the previous option.
Do not include periods that have a mix of normal and statutory payments Excludes any period where statutory pay is present alongside normal pay.

How the Statutory Pay column works in pay history

The Statutory Pay column in Average Holiday Pay history reflects the exclusion option selected on the scheme. Yes or No displays for each period.

To access pay history go to the Employee Record, then select Leave. Select Settings, then Pay History for Average Holiday Pay.

Selected exclusion option Statutory Pay columns display Yes when...
Do not include periods where all payments are statutory The period contains only statutory pay.
Do not include periods that have a mix of normal and statutory payments The period contains any statutory pay, including alongside normal pay.

What happens when the average holiday pay data is imported

When average holiday pay history is imported, the Statutory Pay column is not controlled by the scheme exclusion option. Instead, it uses the value provided in the import file.

The meaning of the imported True or False value depends on how the scheme is configured. True might mean only statutory pay, or any statutory pay, depending on the selected exclusion option.

  • The import field is named Statutory Pay Only.
  • It only accepts TRUE or FASLE values.
  • The value is displayed in the Statutory Pay reflects if an exclusion option has been applied or not specifically which one.