How much to pay English Au Pair in London?

[MogwaiTheGremlin]

Hi
I'm looking to employ an 18 year old English au pair for 25 hours a week split over 3 days (so she'll have 2 days off plus evenings and weekends).

The duties are quite light (taking my toddler to local playgroup in the morning then just an extra pair of hands helping me in the evening).

She'll have a large double room plus sole use of the 'playroom' with sky tv / wifi etc in the evenings but will need to share a bathroom.

We live in a popular part of SW London but aren't offering any other perks (eg travelcard / phone / language course) because it doesn't really apply in her case.

How much would you pay per week please? And would this include any babysitting or would that be an hourly rate on top?

Would be so grateful for any responses as I'm struggling to find any answers online!

Thank you

We are in a v similar sounding part of London to you. We pay £85 a week for 25 hours care plus two nights babysitting. She gets a full weekday off and weekends too (and only one babysitting can be at the weekend). This seems to be what all local au pairs get and what they expect. Much more and you need to start paying NI etc which is a nightmare.

I've never seen anyone in London offer under £100 a week.

I'm sure this discussion has been done before - the Turkish case was 2006 and this information on the GOVERMENT'S own website has been updated much more recently.

Our government doesn't need to change legislation based on only one case, it would require a new directive and the only one I can find is the 1969 agreement - which incidentally states that au pairs need to be foreign.

Thanks. Think we are paying slightly over the odds but I'm happy that it's a 'fair' rate and she is too. Meeting her next weekend for the first time. Excited!