Christmas bonus

[MidsomerM]

My nanny has been with us for nearly a year, not live-in.

I plan to give her a pay rise in January, probably of £1/hour.

I wondered what the general consensus is about Christmas. Do you give a card, or a present, or a bonus? If so, how much? And nannies, what do you generally expect at Christmas?

Thanks

When I was a nanny I got a bonus of about £300 plus some nice make up. Of course that family was probably very generous because the following year I was with a different family and got a plant and chocolate...

Another question for nannies. Would you prefer a gift or money?

I would prefer money
I have been given £500 flights to visit family from one employer and from another just an ornament and a card so it's up to you how generous you are able to be

I got last year a card, a present and bonus too. Present was worth about 40ish/50ish, the bonus was 2 weeks of my salary (though it's a share so 2 families put it together). I have been with both families for over 3 years.

As I what I would prefer: both. gift if it's really what I want/would like (worth to have a look at Amazon wishlist?) and a bit of bonus, it doesn't need to be much, I was over the moon with the £50 bonus I got from prev family.

As for payrise: I got 10p per hour 2 years ago and no increase since than.

always had weeks wages as bonus - but always been in perm jobs - temping at the moment so who knows

£1ph payrise sounds alot - as if 3 days 30hrs a week £30, if 5 days then possibly £50 a week extra - which tbh is a lot - lucky nanny

ive normally had £5 a day, which is about 50p an hour rise

oh and yes prefer cash as then can either buy something i want/need

i also like to give cash at wedding etc lol

There have been loads of threads about this recently. If you search within this topic for the last month, you'll find them.

Through MN, I have found that experiences vary enormously. Blondes is one of the very few nannies that gets a week's wages, and lots of nannies and employers have been really surprised at this level of bonus.

Some nannies receive nothing at all (how mean), other a token gift (like something that the DC have made or a bottle of wine/box of cholcolates), others something more substantial (vouchers of about £100), others soemthing very large.

We have a fantastic permanent nanny for 3 days a week. I give her some chocolates and £100 vouchers for a store she shops in. I do this for her birthday too, and, as she is so fantastic, we gave her a £300 bonus and 2 weeks (I think) extra paid holiday in the summer.

OTOH, she got a 3.8% pay rise this year, which is what I got, and that's what I have always done - I pass on whatever pay rise (I always get a pay rise, however small) I get at the same rate to our nanny. Which actually worked out at about 40p/hour before tax.

Swings and roundabouts OP.

Don't forget that if you give cash or vouchers you need to declare them and pay the tax. If you give a gift you don't need to.

happy you give a summer bonus which is roughly the same as i get for xmas - as i work 3 days - so you do the same as my boss's - just at a different, prob less expensive time iyswim

lizcat i dont think anyone actually pays tax on their xmas bonus (if they get one) - though as with ALL money earnt - even babysitting obv tax should be paid

It is for the OP as the employer to declare the bonus or vouchers, should be on P60. It is the employer who will get the fine for not declaring.
Nice employers pay the tax and NI on this amount for the member of staff - I am a nice employer .

Hi Blondes - not saying that you're not worth it or anything, you always come across as an excelent nanny when you post, so I'm not begrudging you your bonus at all! We paid a summer bonus this year for the first time as our current nanny had been with us for a year and she has been fantastic - no days off sick, never late, always willing to work overtime, helped me out around the house far more than our previous nany did and thus reducing my load, been brilliant with our DS etc. She's a star.

I don't know if we will be able to do the same next summer though, as I will be on matwernity leave then and on SSP myself.

i thought money given as a gift was tax free under a certain amount? How can you pay tax on vouchers?