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Bank Holiday pay for a p/t nanny??

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Elibean · 01/05/2008 22:33

We have a newish p/t nanny/mothers help who normally works Monday mornings - obviously, we will pay her for Bank Holiday days, but if she chooses to work on one, do we pay time and a half? Or double pay?

My currently sleep-deprived brain has seized up over this one...please help me out someone!

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Elibean · 02/05/2008 22:00

Thanks, all! She's just started, and we're working on the contract...both of us tend to be the sort to be worried about not giving the other one enough, IYSWIM, so negotiations are slow going (and quite funny at times).

I didn't know Bank Holiday days off was optional, good to know - though doubt we'd ask her to work on them very often.

Many thanks, don't know what I'd do without MN

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imananny · 02/05/2008 10:28

what does your contract say?

I cant see any nanny WANTING to work a bank holiday monday if they can get it off paid tbh

If I did ever work one, then I would want double pay rather than a day off in lieu

flowerybeanbag · 02/05/2008 09:46

elibean it's not for her to choose whether to work on one or not, that's for you to decide.

If your contract says she gets bank holidays off as well as other holiday entitlement, then that's what happens. There is no obligation to give bank holidays off as long as the person gets the holiday entitlement they get by law - you can choose when they take it if you want to and you can choose to have some of it taken on bank holidays if you want to.

So whether she works bank holidays is up to you and whether you need her on them, and what you pay her if you decide you want her to work rather than take it off is for negotiation between you. If working bank holidays is something you think you might need then you should consider putting something in your contract.

AtheneNoctua · 02/05/2008 08:22

I thought you had to give her the day off -- or possibly another one in lieu? Is this not the case?

nannynick · 02/05/2008 06:54

Entirely up to you to decide what you want to pay, and then for your nanny to agree to what you want to pay.
You could offer time and a half, plus a day off in lieu. Or you could offer double-pay.
Once you have agreed a suitable rate, I would suggest adding it to the Contract, so that if working a bank holiday is required in future, you can easily refer to what you had agreed previously.

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