UPDATE! The old nanny v the temporary maternity cover nanny!!

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The temp nanny still absolutely fab! We are desperate to keep her!

Still no word from old nanny regarding coming back to work (without baby) or not!

Am thinking of asking her towards the end of the month if she's had time to think what she wants to do after her maternity leave, and saying that if she has decided to leave, then she could have all her maternity pay (it's sitting in my bank account at the mo) all in one lump sum at the end of the month. Obviously she would have to give me her letter of resignation first.

What do you think?

Just to be awkward what would happen if you had a nanny who got pregnant & took the full maternity leave. Then you took on a second nanny who got pregnant & took 6 months leave - who would get the job back?

Susie, I'd sign up to that petition. I work for an investment company which specialises in people with very high net worth. My marginal rate of tax is higher than theirs because I pay my nanny's tax out of my taxed income. Chauffeurs, by the way, are tax deductible.

Katymac that is a very interesting point - I imagine the 2nd nanny would have to be on a temp basis if you were going to offer the job back to first nanny and therefore maternity rights would be different?

margoandjerry, I am speachless that chauffeurs are tax deductible! I work as a headhunter and we put some very senior bankers and private equity investors into positions where they will earn millions of pounds. They all have beneficial tax arrangements which means they pay much less as a percentage than your average Joe battling into work on the tube everyday, trying to pay a huge mortgage and childcare costs and contribute to the economy.

I think you need to offer the very wealthy tax incentives otherwise they will just leave the country (brain drain in the 70's anyone) but the govenment could try and make life just a little easier for honest, hardworking professional. Good I sounds like the dailt mail!

I of course meant 'God I sound like the Daily Mail.'

spelling was more like the Guardian

Yes I know, I can spell normally I promise!