If you employ a nanny for 4 days per week or less, then check the contract that you are using.
Template contracts available on the internet and also from Nanny Agencies, may contain incorrect information - as they may not have been updated in October 2007.
Typically these template contracts say something like:
Holiday entitlement is 4 weeks in addition to Public and Bank Holidays.
This may now be wrong, if the employee is working less than 5 days per week, especially if they are not working on a Monday (as a lot of Bank Holidays are Monday's).
Use the BusinessLink Holiday Entitlement Calculator to calculate the correct number of DAYS holiday your employee is entitled to receive.
Example: Employee working 4 days per week (Tue to Fri)
A 4 day per week nanny is entitled to 20.2 days holiday in 2008. They are entitled to 22.4 days holiday in 2009.
Public and Bank Holidays not falling on a Sunday or Monday in 2008: Tuesday 1/1, Friday 21/3, Thursday 25/12, Friday 26/12.
Public and Bank Holidays affected in 2009: Thursday 1/1, Friday 10/4, Friday 25/12.
Full List of Public and Bank Holidays
So if holiday entitlement was 4 weeks plus Public and Bank holidays, then for a 4-day nanny, not working on Mondays...
2008 = 20.2 days - Public and Bank Holidays (4) = 16.2 days. 4 Weeks x 4 days = 16 days.
There is .2 of day still due to the employee, to meet Statutory Minimum Holiday Entitlement.
2009 = 22.4 days - Public and Bank Holidays (3) = 19.4 days. 4 Weeks x 4 days = 16 days.
There is 3.4 days still due to the employee, to meet Statutory Minimum Holiday Entitlement.
The above I have based on holiday year starting 1st January. If leave year starts later in the year, then your figures will be a little different, but I expect you will find that you are still in a position where you will owe your employee more holiday.
Hope this is of help to employers of nannies, and also to nannies.
If anyone disagrees with my figures, please do feel free to post the figures you calculate.