leaving present for my nanny

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hi all- my nanny is leaving at the end of the month after two years with us. she's been v good and reliable and my daughter has grown v attached to her. i would like to give her a leaving gift, any ideas? she is really not into clothes or accessories and i don't want to buy something hugely expensive, just a token that will make her remember us and our dd. any ideas? thanks!

Darrell, how long has she worked for you?

2.5 years

Sorry be the bearer of bad news, but I think you have to pay her redundancy (unless you wrote a fixed term contract).

www.direct.gov.uk/en/Employment/Employees/RedundancyAndLeavingYourJob/DG_10029836

well, she was getting a few days extra holiday (at the end of her notice period) as goodwill so I shall retitle that redundancy pay

suppose you could rephrase the pay from holiday to redundancy - she deserves and is legally entitled to up to £330 or less if to match her weekly salary

jura - a weeks salary is more than enough for a temp position - would never expect a bonus in a perm job let alone a temp one

darrelrivers - if you were in a job for over 2 years you were legally entitled to payment - its nice of you to give her generous holidays/birthday/christmas etc but your nanny does LEGALLY deserve the money

I was never paid redundancy money when my jobs finished. Reasons were - family moving away, mum giving up work. Leaving present wise I have been given lots of different things.

I think how much pay she is entitled to is also dependant on how old she is.

Another reason to hire a holiday visa nanny -- she can only work for 12 months and you don't have to fork out any redundancy.

itali - if your job came to an end and you were there over 2years then you should have got redundancy

athene - under 22 get 1/2 a weeks wages per year - and no if you only have a visa childcarer for a years contract then you dont have to pay anything, though it also means your children get through a lot of carers - rather than one nanny who might stay from birth to school age - although no guarantee they will

Nothing I can do about it now. They were fab employers so it doesn't worry me tbh.

Yes, Imananny, I'm well aware of the downside of a high nanny turnover. However, I selfishly like that it has taught them that nannies leave and mummies stay. Seriously though, the more nanny changeovers we have the more routine it becomes for the kids and for me. It's much more traumatic when a nanny you've had for 5+ years leaves.

true, even after a few months children get attached to their nannys/child carers - so even if the child has only had nanny for a year - sure they will love and miss her - till the next one comes

that is the downfall of nannying, often the childs memory of their nanny will dissapeer as the years go on - the nanny doesnt forget the child though - children are fickle!!

pmsl at your reasoning of mummys stay and nannies go

yes, iamananny, she is part-time so the 2 days paid holiday will be the same as her redundancy payout, it is not less, so rephrasing it redundancy does not short-change her

I have been a good employer, but having been employed most of my life within the NHS on fixed term contracts, have never had the luxuryinsurance myself of a redundancy payment.
I understand where you are coming from about her entitlement, but I was essentially giving her the payment anyway.

no jura, but just it had never occurred to me