Where do I start with legals if I am employing a nanny/childminder?

[moodlumthehoodlum]

My lovely neighbour, who is a qualified nanny, I think might agree to my idea of looking after ds/dd for a couple of hours (at our house not hers) either side of the school day.

Where do I start with a contract for her? I want to do it all above board but honestly don't know where to start with contracts, insurance etc etc...

Is there a website or a helpfully available government helpline?

Thanks. Apologies for being such a novice

At your house, your neighbour would be your nanny.

Example Contract - will need to be revised.

Information about Simplified PAYE - which you can use instead of full PAYE if you are paying under £700 a month.

Recent Mumsnet thread regarding Nanny Contract
Another thread about Live-Out Nanny Contracts

Recent thread about Childcare Vouchers - this also talks about Ofsted Registration for Nannies]]

About Insurance for Nannies and Employers Insurance

Nanny nick you are brilliant. Thank you so much. This is perfect.

Ah Nanny Nick we were on a thread a while ago about Simplified PAYE for nannies. I had a major panic when you told me you can only use this scheme for under £700 pm, as I was using it for my nanny. I checked and it is £700 per month taxable pay, so you can add the initial £400 odd that is not subject to tax, which actually raises the monhtly salary to approx £1100 gross to still fall into this scheme.

Just wanted to mention this moodlum in case it affects you, the wording is quite misleading on the website.

Thanks Kezza. I just don't know at the moment how much she is going to charge me, but its only 5.5 hours a day for three days a week, but its already mounting up.

Hunt through the threads on here and you will find a lot more info. Such as Holiday Entitlement, Maternity rights, importance of agreeing salary as Gross, some problems experienced by employers of nannies, etc.

This section of Mumsnet Talk contains a lot of information, you can use the search facility to look for keywords - such as: Insurance, Pay, Tax, Duties. Tip: Limit the search to just being this topic, by selecting Choose Topics.

At some point it would be nice to collate all the info together, but meanwhile you will just have to search for it.

Also feel free to ask specific questions, as they occur to you - start a new thread for each question ideally, unless they are closely associated. There are many nannies and employers of nannies on here, plus childminders who can give you advice.

Thanks KezzaG, I like it when I learn something new.