Can anyone confirm this as it seems to be a very grey area to me.
A lot of agency websites state that an Au-Pair is not an employee, however, on the Chilminders, Nannies, Au-Pairs, etc board there have been several threads discussing employment areas such as termination and holidays and this is where there seems to be the greyness.
EG. Several agencies state that an Au pair is entitled to only 2 wks paid holiday in a year and usually they can only take this after 6 months service. However DadInsteadofMum provided a link, which implied that au-pairs are entitled to the statutory minimum 28 days per annum (inc Bank Hols). Also there was another thread on that board where an au-pair was asked to leave without given full notice, yet another thread where an au-pair was actually threatening her family with court action when they gave her notice to leave.
Would be grateful for any advice as I want to give my au-pair notice but don't want to be at risk of court action. I should state that although I have a contract, neither myself or my au-pair have signed it.
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Metrobaby · 11/09/2009 11:38
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