Nanny share advice please

[vicki2010]

I am a nanny meeting with two families next week for a possible nanny share job.

I know it's two seperate employments but I don't know much else about how it would work.

Legally, can I stipulate that if one family pulls out that I end my employment fully with the other? How does the holiday entitlement work out? What if I need a day off and one family don't agree?

Any advice or insight would be gratefully received.

Anyone?

We are parents in a nanny share. The way the contracts work is that you usually all have the same notice period. So if one family pulled out, then you would resign from your contract with the other family, to finish at the same time.

For holiday, it's usual to split the holiday choice between the 3 parties. So, you would probably end up getting to choose less of the holiday than in a single-family role. Another thing I've noticed is those 'extra' holiday days, when a family is taking extra holiday not counted in your AL: if it was one family you'd probably get it as an extra holiday, but with 2 families you're likely to be needed by the other family. But of course you do get paid more: it's about 20% higher around here.

I think that having a nanny share is fantastic. The children get so much from being together. Admittedly, our nanny has said that they have the occasional day when they both just want whatever the other is playing with... which isn't much fun. But she also often says how lovely they have been with each other, and how they've spent the whole day chasing each other around and giggling! Both children have just turned 2, and we've been in the share for a year now.

Why would it be two separate employments? It may be a joint employment, which is more likely if both families are sharing the same amount of time, so little to no time is only with one families children.

You are right to wonder about how things like Holiday will work. No idea on that one. They would need to give you at least the minimum entitlement, so they will need to come to an agreement with regard to how they will let you take annual leave.