The Department for the Economy has made a Statutory Rule entitled “The Statutory Paternity Pay, Statutory Adoption Pay and Statutory Shared Parental Pay (Normal Weekly Earnings etc.) (Coronavirus) (Amendment) Regulations (Northern Ireland) 2020” (S.R. 2020 No. 70) which came into operation on 25th April 2020.

These Regulations make relevant amendments to ensure that an employee’s eligibility for Statutory Paternity Pay, Statutory Adoption Pay and Statutory Shared Parental Pay is the same as it would have been had they not been furloughed under the Coronavirus Job Retention Scheme.

Copies of the Rule may be purchased from The Stationery Office (TSO) at www.tsoshop.co.uk or by contacting TSO Customer Services on 0333 202 5070 or viewed online at http://www.legislation.gov.uk/nisr