A question for nannies about pay

[spudballoo]

I'm currently looking for a temp nanny and have been approached by someone asking £12 an hour. I assume she means net? That seems a lot to me, but perhaps I'm being a Scrooge!!

Any thoughts would be appreciated.

Spud

Aww... spuddie I'm sorry this is all fucked up for you because of my stuff.

xxx

Crusteeeeee, it's not bother at all as I have all these lovely MN peeps to guide me through!

Well, she claims her tax office, accountant and Sure Start can show her self-employed status. My tax office, as predicted, say she can't be self-employed whilst looking after my children in my home etc etc.

Not worth risking so I think I'll end the chatz with her anyway.

Thanks everyone! Spud

Think that would be for the best. If the nanny really wanted to work for you, why not just accept £12 gross and have you deduct tax and ni. Why insist on being self employed... odd.

I agree Nick and that's what I've said. It's either £12 gross as an employee or nothing as I can't get comfortable with it otherwise. Plenty of other fish in the sea and all that! Spud

Hi Spud

I was in exactly the same situation as you 2 years ago...and got the self-employed line from somone I wanted to hire. The key thing about being self-employed / employee is whether it is an important part of the job contract that the named individual shows up to do the work or whether he/she can sub-contract it to someone else. For a nanny I would say no way, named nanny has to show. In the end nannytax sorted it out for me, she was an employee but for the last two years had been paid cash in hand for a full time nanny job. The key is to agree a gross wage, which it looks like you're doing, otherwise you might end up paying the tax and NI the previous employers overlooked.

One other thought, if you advertise for a mother's help rather than a nanny you do get different types of applicants.

Hi Friday'sC....it's a nightmare isn't it! I went back to her and said £12 gross and never heard back. Suits me, these things have a habit of working out for the best don't they?

I have a couple of other possibilities who seem more suited to us (and more market rate!) and am looking at some mother's help type applicants. Plus the lady xozo put me in touch with, and a qualified nanny who has just finished maternity nursing looking for some newborn experience as a volunteer.

I'm sure we'll find someone without having the Revenue come calling!!

x

Sounds promising, Spud. Good luck with the interviews.