Nanny Employment and HR
When a family decides to hire a Nanny, Housekeeper or any domestic private staff, they become employers of the staff that will work in their household. The domestic staff will become an employee by law. As in any employment relationship, obligations and benefits will be borne by both parties in the working relationship.
If you are interested in knowing more about the obligations that you get as an employer, visit our Employer’s Obligations section.
As an employer, it is essential to considerer every detail of the employment before your staff’s first day of work. Putting the employment details into a contract will help keep a healthy relationship between your nanny or housekeeper and your family. If you are unsure where to start, please find a résumé list of the details you cannot miss in the employment contract.
Employment Details
Little Ones Payroll advise every family that is planning to hire any domestic private staff to make a contract with the following details in it:
- The names of the employer and employee.
- The date when employment began (and any period of continuous employment).
- Remuneration and the intervals at which it is paid.
- Hours of work.
- Holiday entitlement.
- Entitlement to sick leave and sick pay.
- Pensions and pension schemes.
- The entitlement of employer and employee to notice of termination.
- Job title or job description.
- Where employment is not permanent, the period for which it is expected to continue or, if it is for a fixed term, the date it ends.
- Place of work.
- Details of the existence of any relevant collective agreements.
- The disciplinary rules and procedures applicable to the employee.
- The grievance procedure applicable to the employee.
Where to start?
Once you have mentioned the above-recommended details in the employment contract, some employers will be wondering what the process is to get the final list above. Before choosing the starter date for your staff or how many hours they will need to work, it is crucial to list the requirements your nanny, housekeeper, chef or handyman needs to have. Having this list, you will start knowing how many hours and days you will need your new staff to work in your household.
You may have some compulsory requirements, like a Paediatric First Aid certificate if you are looking to hire a nanny, a driver’s licence, DBS check or a specific diploma if you are looking to hire someone to manage your properties or if you are searching for personal assistance.
Creating a Must list of skills for your nanny or housekeeper is essential, but putting some requirements in the Must-Not list is also necessary. Thinking about this will help you form the list of your nanny or housekeeper tasks. This list is an essential part of the employment details and future contract.
Why do I need to specify days and hours of employment?
When you decide to hire a nanny or housekeeper for a daily basis in a permanent or temporary position, you will need to specify how many hours and how many days your employee will work for you as a legal requirement. Every employee needs to receive a payslip from their employer; establishing your nanny’s timetable from the beginning of the working relationship will make the whole process of creating a weekly or monthly payslip easier.
Knowing how many hours per month your nanny or housekeeper worked will help you calculate their taxes, NIN, pension and holiday allowance. The best place to put the employment working hours is the contract, where both parties agree on the usual working hours and overtime hours.
Little Ones Payroll & HR team
Our team of specialists will be a call away to help you with any of your employment queries. Little Ones Payroll assistance has been active for over 15 years, assisting families around England to have a good and healthy relationship with their nanny and private domestic staff.
Are you not using Little Ones Payroll Service? Our payroll assistance will answer all your questions without any discrimination. We are passionate about helping every family and nanny that approach us in our every day.
How can I start the process of putting the employment details together?
When the Payroll team starts the onboarding process they will ask you a series of questions via the Employer Registration form or over the phone. If you plan to use our payroll services, we will use this information to set up your account with HMRC and generate your weekly, monthly or fortnightly payslips.
Using the Little Ones Payroll Service will make it easier to meet all your obligations as an Employer. We will be your guide and support during the entire relationship between you and your nanny. Once you start using the Little Ones Payroll Service, you will only need to contact us when there is a change to the employment details such as a salary change or if your nanny or housekeeper has worked overtime or if they are leaving your Employment. However, the team are always on hand to answer any questions and offer their support.
Why Work with Little Ones Payroll Service?
Meeting your Employer requirements will be easy if put in the hands of expert, qualified individuals such as the Little Ones Payroll Service. Little Ones Payroll has been a leader of Nanny Payroll Services for more than 15 years.
Little Ones Payroll is led by a team of experts who offer superior and boutique client service. The Payroll team always go above and beyond to ensure that the Employer is happy and comfortable and understands the Payroll process fully. We also offer Payroll Services to clients that have not hired through Little Ones UK, but the full benefits of the Little Ones Payroll Service will be experienced when the client registers.
If the family registers as a client of Little Ones UK, they will get three months of complimentary payroll services even if they do not end up hiring through Little Ones. For a client that hires through Little Ones UK and pays a search fee, you will receive 6 months of complimentary Payroll Service.
The Little Ones Payroll team is committed to excellence and the team pride itself on delicately aligning a premium, luxury service to those who put their trust in them.
Would you like to know more about our Payroll Service and the benefits? Please call us on 020 7183 0309 from Monday to Friday 8:30 am to 6:00 pm or send us an email to payroll@littleoneslondon.
Even if they just have one employee, the UK government expects a workplace pension scheme to be made available. We’ve made it our mission to assist customers every step of the way.