nanny infomation

[brambles]

can someone please give me some feedback on nannies ie pay,hols,sickness, do i pay there taxes etc

much apperiacte sorry cant spell

when you employ a NANNY you have to be an employer...

you are therefor responsible for their tax NI, and employers contributions as well as their net (take home) pay.

There are a few companies (such as nannypaye ) who will take care of all these things for you. they will also advise you further on the ins and outs etc!

Basically as an employer you are responsible for all 'normal' employer things, such as providing pay slips, and if you make her redundant (ie dont need her anymore after shes been with you for 2 years or more) pay redundancy pay.

The nanny will also have the same maternity and sick rights as any other employee in any other job, that you will also be legally obliged to honour (tho im sure ive herd that the government reimburses you for maternity pay / statatory sick pay etc)

a nanny like any other employee is allowed the statatory minimum of 4 weeks holiday per year(which can include bank holidays) like any other employee.

The convention is to make it 4 weeks plus bank holidays (tho you arnt legally obliged to do this i dont many of us who would be happy to sign a contract if those 20 days included bank hols!) also generally the nanny chooses 10 (or half) days and the employer 10 days. (again the employer can choose the full 4 weeks, tho i cant imagine many nannies being happy to have that in their contract either!)

you also need to insure you have adequate household insurance (which i think isnt much extra (if any) as long as you notify your home insurance provider)

hope that helps!

oh and you are also responsible for ensuring they have a contract!

A Written Statement is required under law. This sets out standard terms of contract. The link will explain further about what it should contain - though it is aimed at all employers, not parents employing a nanny in particular - so you may want to add some thing to it, such as particular duties you want the nanny to do.

You should ideally agree this Written Statement/Contract prior to your new employee starting work. Legally it MUST be in place within 2 calendar months of your employee starting work.

Register As An Employer if you are not already registered with HMRC/Inland Revenue as an employer. With the Employers CD-ROM, part of the Employers Pack, they are trying to make things a lot easier for first time employers. The helpline are also quite good at talking you though steps you need to take incompleting the required forms.
There is a Prospective Employer Pack also available from the link above - which is worth a read as a first step.