End of year bonus for nannies

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I have a nanny friend who said she gets paied bonus at the end of the year.She is British and qualified.
Is it normal to pay bonus for nannies?Or is it only paied for qualified nannies?
Do you pay bonus for your nanny?
Or nannies,do you get paid?
As the law says, a nanny is like any other employee,she has the same rights :-)

suey sounds sensible

We are on £10 p/h net now - which nanny has been on for 18 mo - I wonder if I should be thinking of a rise...

Especially nannies who work for very rich city traders...I have 3 friends who've been given notice as a result of the Lehman's collapse because their MBs worked for them and have decided that seeing as their job has gone they're going to stay at home with the children and avoid the rush of every looking for a limited amount of jobs.

hi, i am a qualified nanny with over 14 years experience. 8 years in the UK. I do receive an annual pay review, but have never got an end of year bonus. Going thru a nanny agency, they say that you are not entitled to one, and it is great if you get one. really no rules, but if you are happy with your nanny and think she deserves one, im sure she will be VERY greatful.

I give a bonus when me and hubby get a bonus so usually one at Christmas and one for summer holiday. It is usually about 1 weeks pay. We also give an annual increase at about the rate of inflation, again depending on our increases which have been very poor recently. Rate is £11 gross.

Our nanny has been with us for 6 years. we have an annual review every year on anniversary of start and give her a pay rise - cost of living plus - in years when work got harder, like year number 3 DS was born, an additional rise to reflect extra work load. we;ve also increased annual leave to reflect her contribution. we give her a bonus - equivalent to an extra week's pay - at Christmas every year.

I've had a nanny for about 6.5 years now (have had 2 different ones, both of them absolutely brilliant).

I always try and make sure that there is a "professional" basis to the relationship, as well as the very obvious personal one. To do that, I look analogously as the way I treat employees at work. I do the following:

1. Christmas bonus (week's salary in the run up to Christmas);

1. Annual salary review. Even if it is only cost of living or nothing, I think it is important to have a specific understanding that the salary will be re-looked at once a year.

1. Annual appraisal and feedback. We have an annual appraisal. This means that she has a very clear opportunity to say "look, I'm getting a bit pissed off with the way you all rush off after breakfast and just leave everything on the table" or whatever. We've never had any issues but I think it is good to have a mechanism in place. We sit down with a coffee or wine and just go over what is working well, what needs to change as the children get bigger and how responsibilities change. For example DS has gone into Y2 and is getting more homework - she does the spellings, we share the reading, DH and I do the weekend stuff etc. I also ask her if there is anything she thinks we need to change in the children's routines etc. We all give feedback!

1. I am also very clear about overtime etc. Basically if we are running a bit late (doesn't happen that often) the first 30 mins is "free" (or made up by leaving earlier other times etc) but after 30 mins I pay by the hour (ie if 40 mins late I pay 1 hour). Similarly I would like her to come in at the weekend and help with DD's birthday party and have said to her I will pay at time and a half (which is what my PA would get for weekend working).

I honestly think that you need to have a good solid framework in place for doing all this. Sorry - realise you only asked about bonus though!