{ "name": "WallChartBook Statutory Leave Pay Rates", "title": "Statutory Leave Pay Rates", "url": "https://wallchartbook.com/datasets/statutory-leave-pay-rates/", "csv": "https://wallchartbook.com/datasets/statutory-leave-pay-rates.csv", "markdown": "https://wallchartbook.com/datasets/statutory-leave-pay-rates/index.md", "computed_at": "2026-10-05", "license": "https://wallchartbook.com/terms", "headline": "The Statutory Leave Pay Rates carries 4 published figures read from 8 sources' own pages, from 4 to 17.50 percent, read 26 September 2026.", "quotes": [ "The Statutory Leave Pay Rates carries 4 published figures read from 8 sources' own pages, from 4 to 17.50 percent, read 26 September 2026.", "8 of the 19 named sources read in full publish a figure; 11 publish none, read 26 September 2026.", "Statutory Leave Pay Rates, leave-type au-annual-leave-loading: median 17.50 percent across 1 source, read 26 September 2026.", "Statutory Leave Pay Rates, leave-type uk-maternity-pay: median 194.32 GBP across 1 source, read 26 September 2026.", "Statutory Leave Pay Rates, leave-type uk-shared-parental-pay: median 194.32 GBP across 1 source, read 26 September 2026.", "Statutory Leave Pay Rates, leave-type au-parental-leave-pay: median 200.94 AUD across 1 source, read 26 September 2026.", "Statutory Leave Pay Rates, leave-type ca-ei-maternity: median 729 CAD across 1 source, read 26 September 2026.", "Statutory Leave Pay Rates, leave-type bc-vacation-pay: median 4 percent across 1 source, read 26 September 2026.", "Statutory Leave Pay Rates, leave-type uk-holiday-accrual-rate: median 12.07 percent across 1 source, read 26 September 2026.", "Statutory Leave Pay Rates, leave-type uk-paternity-pay: median 19,432 GBP across 1 source, read 26 September 2026.", "Statutory Leave Pay Rates, leave-type uk-rolled-up-holiday-pay: median 12.07 percent across 1 source, read 26 September 2026." ], "citation": "\"WallChartBook Statutory Leave Pay Rates\", updated 2026-10-05, https://wallchartbook.com/datasets/statutory-leave-pay-rates/.", "changed_since": null, "national": { "unit": "%", "n": 4, "median": 12.07, "min": 4, "max": 17.5, "p25": 6.0175, "p75": 16.1425, "mean": 11.41, "units": { "%": 4, "AUD": 1, "CAD": 1, "GBP": 3 }, "published_sources": 8, "named_sources": 20, "read_sources": 19, "not_published": 11, "published_share": 0.421 }, "by_axis": { "leave-type": { "au-annual-leave-loading": { "%": { "n": 1, "median": 17.5, "min": 17.5, "max": 17.5, "p25": 17.5, "p75": 17.5, "mean": 17.5 } }, "uk-maternity-pay": { "GBP": { "n": 1, "median": 194.32, "min": 194.32, "max": 194.32, "p25": 194.32, "p75": 194.32, "mean": 194.32 } }, "uk-shared-parental-pay": { "GBP": { "n": 1, "median": 194.32, "min": 194.32, "max": 194.32, "p25": 194.32, "p75": 194.32, "mean": 194.32 } }, "au-parental-leave-pay": { "AUD": { "n": 1, "median": 200.94, "min": 200.94, "max": 200.94, "p25": 200.94, "p75": 200.94, "mean": 200.94 } }, "ca-ei-maternity": { "CAD": { "n": 1, "median": 729, "min": 729, "max": 729, "p25": 729, "p75": 729, "mean": 729 } }, "bc-vacation-pay": { "%": { "n": 1, "median": 4, "min": 4, "max": 4, "p25": 4, "p75": 4, "mean": 4 } }, "uk-holiday-accrual-rate": { "%": { "n": 1, "median": 12.07, "min": 12.07, "max": 12.07, "p25": 12.07, "p75": 12.07, "mean": 12.07 } }, "uk-paternity-pay": { "GBP": { "n": 1, "median": 19432, "min": 19432, "max": 19432, "p25": 19432, "p75": 19432, "mean": 19432 } }, "uk-rolled-up-holiday-pay": { "%": { "n": 1, "median": 12.07, "min": 12.07, "max": 12.07, "p25": 12.07, "p75": 12.07, "mean": 12.07 } } } }, "rows": [ { "source": "Fair Work Ombudsman payment for annual leave (leave loading)", "url": "https://www.fairwork.gov.au/leave/annual-leave/payment-for-annual-leave", "figure": "17.5%", "value": 17.5, "unit": "%", "vat": null, "axis": { "leave-type": "au-annual-leave-loading" }, "retrieved_at": "2026-09-12", "quote": "While Alex is on annual leave, he will be paid his base pay rate plus a loading of 17.5%.", "source_class": "primary-government", "text_sha256": "981503629ee57a80ba832fdbe06a75c68e9ae966a3d3c8a42d6e2514756f434f" }, { "source": "GOV.UK Statutory Maternity Pay", "url": "https://www.gov.uk/maternity-pay-leave/pay", "figure": "£194.32 ", "value": 194.32, "unit": "GBP", "vat": null, "axis": { "leave-type": "uk-maternity-pay" }, "retrieved_at": "2026-09-26", "quote": "£194.32 or 90% of your average weekly earnings (whichever is lower) for the next 33 weeks", "source_class": "primary-government", "text_sha256": "6baa244f9f5d8fead22466996f5d85878ef85e03f502e5ee63c65747f98d0958" }, { "source": "GOV.UK Statutory Maternity Pay", "url": "https://www.gov.uk/maternity-pay-leave/pay", "figure": "£194.32 ", "value": 194.32, "unit": "GBP", "vat": null, "axis": { "leave-type": "uk-shared-parental-pay" }, "retrieved_at": "2026-09-26", "quote": "If you take Shared Parental Leave you’ll get Statutory Shared Parental Pay (ShPP). ShPP is £194.32 a week or 90% of your average weekly earnings, whichever is lower.", "source_class": "primary-government", "text_sha256": "6baa244f9f5d8fead22466996f5d85878ef85e03f502e5ee63c65747f98d0958" }, { "source": "Services Australia Parental Leave Pay rate", "url": "https://www.servicesaustralia.gov.au/how-much-parental-leave-pay-you-can-get?context=64479", "figure": "$200.94 ", "value": 200.94, "unit": "AUD", "vat": null, "axis": { "leave-type": "au-parental-leave-pay" }, "retrieved_at": "2026-09-26", "quote": "The current payment for Parental Leave Pay is $200.94 a day before tax, or $1,004.70 per 5 day week.", "source_class": "primary-government", "text_sha256": "25ffb9d79a164de9f7268f4d992c91d954f199351449ff60c4932d183447ef28" }, { "source": "Service Canada EI maternity and parental benefits", "url": "https://www.canada.ca/en/services/benefits/ei/ei-maternity-parental.html", "figure": "$729", "value": 729, "unit": "CAD", "vat": null, "axis": { "leave-type": "ca-ei-maternity" }, "retrieved_at": "2026-09-26", "quote": "Maternity* (for the person giving birth) up to 15 weeks 55% up to $729", "source_class": "primary-government", "text_sha256": "7db81767a4a0c60bd35dfd6f6738fdb8c71d7d363ba2b7a81c25f9cb1a532b8b" }, { "source": "BC Employment Standards vacation pay (Act Part 7 s.58)", "url": "https://www2.gov.bc.ca/gov/content/employment-business/employment-standards-advice/employment-standards/forms-resources/igm/esa-part-7-section-58", "figure": "4%", "value": 4, "unit": "%", "vat": null, "axis": { "leave-type": "bc-vacation-pay" }, "retrieved_at": "2026-09-26", "quote": "(a) after 5 calendar days of employment, at least 4% of the employee's total wages during the year of employment entitling the employee to the vacation pay; (b) after 5 consecutive years of employment, at least 6% of the employee's total wages during the year of employment entitling the employee to the vacation pay.", "source_class": "primary-government", "text_sha256": "a76ef816b0cfcc2edf173669e35817b694ade4e5417d2b7d4390f077bb7d16b6" }, { "source": "GOV.UK holiday pay and entitlement reforms from 1 January 2024", "url": "https://www.gov.uk/government/publications/simplifying-holiday-entitlement-and-holiday-pay-calculations/holiday-pay-and-entitlement-reforms-from-1-january-2024", "figure": "12.07%", "value": 12.07, "unit": "%", "vat": null, "axis": { "leave-type": "uk-holiday-accrual-rate" }, "retrieved_at": "2026-09-26", "quote": "Holiday entitlement for these workers will be calculated as 12.07% of actual hours worked in a pay period.", "source_class": "primary-government", "text_sha256": "f306fb56de6762770255ed43ff5c3b7a191e8299951b93605d531e6f6d294941" }, { "source": "GOV.UK Statutory Paternity Pay", "url": "https://www.gov.uk/paternity-pay-leave/pay", "figure": "£194.32, ", "value": 19432, "unit": "GBP", "vat": null, "axis": { "leave-type": "uk-paternity-pay" }, "retrieved_at": "2026-09-26", "quote": "The statutory weekly rate of Paternity Pay is £194.32, or 90% of your average weekly earnings (whichever is lower).", "source_class": "primary-government", "text_sha256": "c93ddf3baa8c5eb9fff9462d38e2c8fd6a6957f6349a72cc6ff5a1f8a8d15af2" }, { "source": "Acas rolled-up holiday pay", "url": "https://www.acas.org.uk/irregular-hours-and-part-year-workers/rolled-up-holiday-pay", "figure": "12.07%", "value": 12.07, "unit": "%", "vat": null, "axis": { "leave-type": "uk-rolled-up-holiday-pay" }, "retrieved_at": "2026-09-26", "quote": "calculate it at a rate of at least 12.07% of the worker's total pay in a 'pay period' – a pay period is how often someone gets paid, for example weekly or monthly", "source_class": "primary-government", "text_sha256": "04089b2b7835d62cf228f05b1dfc0caa3b5cf4e9620903ad7247f3a438f23d8f" } ], "not_published": [ { "source": "GOV.UK holiday pay", "url": "https://www.gov.uk/holiday-entitlement-rights/holiday-pay", "retrieved_at": "2026-09-12", "reason": "every candidate on the page was refused" }, { "source": "GOV.UK calculating holiday pay without fixed hours", "url": "https://www.gov.uk/government/publications/calculating-holiday-pay-for-workers-without-fixed-hours-or-pay/calculating-holiday-pay-for-workers-without-fixed-hours-or-pay--2", "retrieved_at": "2026-09-26", "reason": "every candidate on the page was refused" }, { "source": "GOV.UK Statutory Sick Pay", "url": "https://www.gov.uk/statutory-sick-pay/what-youll-get", "retrieved_at": "2026-09-11", "reason": "every candidate on the page was refused" }, { "source": "HMRC rates and thresholds for employers 2026 to 2027", "url": "https://www.gov.uk/guidance/rates-and-thresholds-for-employers-2026-to-2027", "retrieved_at": "2026-09-12", "reason": "every candidate on the page was refused" }, { "source": "Acas calculating holiday pay", "url": "https://www.acas.org.uk/checking-holiday-entitlement/calculating-holiday-pay", "retrieved_at": "2026-09-19", "reason": "every candidate on the page was refused" }, { "source": "Acas holiday pay for irregular hours and part-year workers", "url": "https://www.acas.org.uk/irregular-hours-and-part-year-workers/calculating-holiday-pay", "retrieved_at": "2026-09-12", "reason": "every candidate on the page was refused" }, { "source": "Acas holidays and final pay", "url": "https://www.acas.org.uk/final-pay-when-someone-leaves-a-job/how-holidays-affect-final-pay", "retrieved_at": "2026-09-19", "reason": "read in full and no accepted figure on the page" }, { "source": "Fair Work Ombudsman annual leave fact sheet", "url": "https://www.fairwork.gov.au/tools-and-resources/fact-sheets/minimum-workplace-entitlements/annual-leave", "retrieved_at": "2026-09-12", "reason": "every candidate on the page was refused" }, { "source": "ATO Schedule 7: tax table for unused leave payments", "url": "https://www.ato.gov.au/tax-rates-and-codes/payg-withholding-schedule-7-tax-table-for-unused-leave-payments-on-termination-of-employment", "retrieved_at": "2026-09-26", "reason": "every candidate on the page was refused" }, { "source": "Service Canada EI maternity and parental benefit amount", "url": "https://www.canada.ca/en/services/benefits/ei/ei-maternity-parental/benefit-amount.html", "retrieved_at": "2026-09-12", "reason": "every candidate on the page was refused" }, { "source": "gov.uk", "url": "https://www.gov.uk/guidance/rates-and-thresholds-for-employers-2026-to-2027", "retrieved_at": "2026-09-12", "reason": "every candidate on the page was refused" } ], "sources": [ { "url": "https://www.gov.uk/holiday-entitlement-rights/holiday-pay", "label": "GOV.UK holiday pay", "license": "the publisher's own terms; quoted for reporting and comment" }, { "url": "https://www.gov.uk/government/publications/simplifying-holiday-entitlement-and-holiday-pay-calculations/holiday-pay-and-entitlement-reforms-from-1-january-2024", "label": "GOV.UK holiday pay and entitlement reforms from 1 January 2024", "license": "the publisher's own terms; quoted for reporting and comment" }, { "url": "https://www.gov.uk/government/publications/calculating-holiday-pay-for-workers-without-fixed-hours-or-pay/calculating-holiday-pay-for-workers-without-fixed-hours-or-pay--2", "label": "GOV.UK calculating holiday pay without fixed hours", "license": "the publisher's own terms; quoted for reporting and comment" }, { "url": "https://www.gov.uk/maternity-pay-leave/pay", "label": "GOV.UK Statutory Maternity Pay", "license": "the publisher's own terms; quoted for reporting and comment" }, { "url": "https://www.gov.uk/paternity-pay-leave/pay", "label": "GOV.UK Statutory Paternity Pay", "license": "the publisher's own terms; quoted for reporting and comment" }, { "url": "https://www.gov.uk/statutory-sick-pay/what-youll-get", "label": "GOV.UK Statutory Sick Pay", "license": "the publisher's own terms; quoted for reporting and comment" }, { "url": "https://www.gov.uk/guidance/rates-and-thresholds-for-employers-2026-to-2027", "label": "HMRC rates and thresholds for employers 2026 to 2027", "license": "the publisher's own terms; quoted for reporting and comment" }, { "url": "https://www.acas.org.uk/checking-holiday-entitlement/calculating-holiday-pay", "label": "Acas calculating holiday pay", "license": "the publisher's own terms; quoted for reporting and comment" }, { "url": "https://www.acas.org.uk/irregular-hours-and-part-year-workers/calculating-holiday-pay", "label": "Acas holiday pay for irregular hours and part-year workers", "license": "the publisher's own terms; quoted for reporting and comment" }, { "url": "https://www.acas.org.uk/irregular-hours-and-part-year-workers/rolled-up-holiday-pay", "label": "Acas rolled-up holiday pay", "license": "the publisher's own terms; quoted for reporting and comment" }, { "url": "https://www.acas.org.uk/final-pay-when-someone-leaves-a-job/how-holidays-affect-final-pay", "label": "Acas holidays and final pay", "license": "the publisher's own terms; quoted for reporting and comment" }, { "url": "https://www.fairwork.gov.au/leave/annual-leave/payment-for-annual-leave", "label": "Fair Work Ombudsman payment for annual leave (leave loading)", "license": "the publisher's own terms; quoted for reporting and comment" }, { "url": "https://www.fairwork.gov.au/tools-and-resources/fact-sheets/minimum-workplace-entitlements/annual-leave", "label": "Fair Work Ombudsman annual leave fact sheet", "license": "the publisher's own terms; quoted for reporting and comment" }, { "url": "https://www.servicesaustralia.gov.au/how-much-parental-leave-pay-you-can-get?context=64479", "label": "Services Australia Parental Leave Pay rate", "license": "the publisher's own terms; quoted for reporting and comment" }, { "url": "https://www.ato.gov.au/tax-rates-and-codes/payg-withholding-schedule-7-tax-table-for-unused-leave-payments-on-termination-of-employment", "label": "ATO Schedule 7: tax table for unused leave payments", "license": "the publisher's own terms; quoted for reporting and comment" }, { "url": "https://www.canada.ca/en/services/benefits/ei/ei-maternity-parental/benefit-amount.html", "label": "Service Canada EI maternity and parental benefit amount", "license": "the publisher's own terms; quoted for reporting and comment" }, { "url": "https://www.canada.ca/en/services/benefits/ei/ei-maternity-parental.html", "label": "Service Canada EI maternity and parental benefits", "license": "the publisher's own terms; quoted for reporting and comment" }, { "url": "https://www2.gov.bc.ca/gov/content/employment-business/employment-standards-advice/employment-standards/forms-resources/igm/esa-part-7-section-58", "label": "BC Employment Standards vacation pay (Act Part 7 s.58)", "license": "the publisher's own terms; quoted for reporting and comment" }, { "url": "https://www.fairwork.gov.au/tools-and-resources/library/K600323_Calculating-annual-leave-loading", "label": "Fair Work Ombudsman library: calculating annual leave loading", "license": "the publisher's own terms; quoted for reporting and comment" }, { "url": "https://www.gov.uk/guidance/rates-and-thresholds-for-employers-2026-to-2027", "label": "gov.uk", "license": "the publisher's own terms; quoted for reporting and comment" } ], "methodology": "Every row is a verbatim sentence read from the named source's own page through our fetch service on the date shown, hash-pinned to the stored read (the sha of the page's visible text; the raw page is mirrored to R2). 8 of the 19 named sources that could be read published a usable figure; 11 published none and are recorded as not published, never filled in; 1 could not be read (blocked, dead or unreachable) and count nowhere. The headline figures (median, minimum, maximum, quartiles) are over ONE figure per source in % (a source's median where its page yielded several accepted sentences), so N counts sources, never sentences; 161 candidate sentence(s) were refused by a reviewer with the reason recorded. The fuller derivation this dataset is chartered to grow into (not yet what the figures above are; they are each source's own published figure as read): one row per jurisdiction per paid-leave type: the rate in force, the cap, the qualifying earnings test, the reference period and the calculation rule, quoted verbatim with its effective date; the derivation nobody publishes is the cross-jurisdiction replacement rate - what fraction of a median wage each jurisdiction's statutory maternity, paternity, sick and holiday pay actually replaces, the spread across the four, and the changed-since when a rate year turns (UK in April, AU on 1 July)", "embed": "

4 to 17.50 percent

4 published figures, Statutory Leave Pay Rates, across 8 sources, read 26 September 2026

Source: WallChartBook Statutory Leave Pay Rates
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