This document lists statutory payment limits in the UK, including the weekly limit on pay (£450), statutory redundancy pay (£13,500), statutory maternity, paternity, adoption and sick pay rates (£136.78 per week), statutory guarantee pay (£24.20 per day), and national minimum wage rates for adults (£6.19 per hour), young workers (£3.68 per hour) and apprentices (£2.65 per hour) as of 2013.

1. STATUTORY PAYMENT LIMITS
Statutory limit on a week’s pay £450
Statutory Redundancy Pay (from 01/02/13) £13,500
Statutory Maternity Pay (from April 2013) 90% of normal weekly earnings (for 6
weeks) and £136.78 (for 33 weeks
thereafter)
Statutory Paternity Pay (from April 2013) £136.78 (for two weeks ordinary paternity
leave and 26 weeks additional paternity
leave)
Statutory Adoption Pay (from April 2013) £136.78 (for 39 weeks)
Maternity Allowance (from April 2013) £136.78 (39 weeks)
Statutory Guarantee Pay (from 01/02/13) £24.20 per day (payable for 5 days or £121
in any 3 months)
Statutory Sick Pay (to 05/04/13) £85.85 per week
National Minimum Wage - Standard Adult £6.19 per hour
Rate (to 30/09/13)
National Minimum Wage – Development £4.98 per hour
Rate (to 30/09/13)
National Minimum Wage – Young Workers £3.68 per hour
Rate (to 30/09/13)
National Minimum Wage – Apprenticeship £2.65 per hour
Rate (to 30/09/13)
National Minimum Wage – Accommodation £4.82 per hour
Offset Limit (to 30/09/13)
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