Please help!!! Contract of employment - Nanny

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Oh, I'm in a right pickle!!

Right, my nanny is off on maternity leave (as you all know by now)

When she comes back at Christmas, I will only need a part-time nanny. (She is full time now!) I know I'm supposed to offer her the same job back, but she also said that she wants to bring her baby.

I know there are some strong maternity employments rights to be careful of here, she wants me to write it all down for her, her new hours, pay, holidays etc and take them to the citizens advice to make sure she is not being shafted.

What should I write for her new contract that will not land me in a whole lot of trouble?

Hi, just got back from the lunchtime detention!

Thanks so much for all your posts, I feel so much better now.

I think I'll opt for the redundancy route, and tell her that I may be in a postion to employ her again in the future, but without the baby. Hopefully this will deter her.

Thanks again xxxxxxx

By the way, I am certainly no lawyer. So, it would be wise to consult a lagal professional. Nannytax (if you subscribe to them) is usually quite good about employment advice.

If you are making her redundant you wouldn't be allowed to employ a temp nanny to do the same job though, as that would show the job wasn't redundant.

Nanny tax is brilliant, I often write artices for their magazine.

They offer lots of advice, and you can get lots free from their website ( www.nannytax.co.uk)

aloha, she could....if she says she doesnt want the baby to come back with the nanny.( which she has every right to do)

the nanny will surely not take on a part time nanny position, and then have to find her own childcare? that would be potty!

Aloha, the job in September is the one that is a revised job spec. She can make her redundant and then offer her the new position which begins in September (which nanny won't take because baby won't be allowed).

She has been working for me for less than a year. Does this make any difference? She only started in August of last year

It means you don't have to pay her out for the redundancy. If she had been with you more than 2 years, then you'd owe her a redundancy package.

but be a bit careful about the timing of the redundancy. If the post is redundant then it is presumably because your situation has changed - ie your child starting school so not happening until Sept. Unless you are a teacher and therefore in no need of childcare over the summer holiday I don't think the post is redundant until Sept. If you are a teacher then you could make the nanny redundant as of the end of the summer term I think.

It sounds like this girl is up for a squabble and may have the time on her hands to be a nuisance to you if you put a wrong foot forward, even if it comes out right in the end.

If I were you I would pay for a couple of hours of an employment lawyer's time to make sure you've covered all the bases here.