Question about nanny, maternity leave and ending employment - help please!

[nanbread]

A few weeks ago we spoke to our nanny and agreed we would no longer employ her from September time, as my younger child would be going to preschool and after our discussion it became clear it wouldn't work her looking after the children only a few hours a day. We didn't agree an exact end date though or put anything in writing, thinking we'd confirm it all closer to the time (I think she is on two months' notice).

This week our nanny has told us she is pregnant and will probably be going on maternity leave in early July. Of course we will be paying her maternity leave.

I'm not sure how we handle the end of her employment given she'll be on mat leave, do we pay her holiday accruement until the end of her employment date or until the end of her mat leave, is there anything else we need to bear in mind? Are we still OK to terminate her employment as discussed? I can't seem to find any info online and don't want to leave her or us vulnerable.

Thanks

Yes she can still be made redundant on maternity leave. Employment / right to accrue holiday ends at redundancy date - will you need a cover nanny until September? If so nothing changes with regards to the redundancy. Does someone do payroll for you - they should be able to talk you through this.

You make her redundant.

As others have said you need to treat as a redundancy not just a termination of contract if the position no longer exists. There is advice on government websites re redundancy

Great thank you. That's helpful to know. We will probably try to cover the gap ourselves with a mix of parental leave, friends and family. I only work part time and we have at least 2 weeks' holiday booked over that period as well.

We use Nanny Matters for payroll, so I'll see if they can advise.