We are going to employ a live out nanny for 3 days a week and are currently drawing up a contract which we are going to discuss with her tomorrow. I downloaded the sample contract from the Nannyjob website and have fiddled around with it a bit to suit us/our nanny, but there are a few areas on which I am still unclear.
Any nannies or employers who could shed some light on the following? Much appreciated...
Meals. Should we be (contractually) supplying our nanny with all of her food during the day? So for example, if she is out and about with the kids at lunchtime and buys herself a meal in a cafe, should we reimburse her? Do we supply her with enough food for herself for the week? Does she bring her own food? Our nanny will be bringing her own child to work with her, too, so what happens with his meals?
Bank Holiday Mondays. Our nanny will be working Mon,Tue & Wed. If she were working Tue, Wed & Thu, for example, there would be no issue. But as it stands, we will have to pay her to take Mondays off, right? is that right? it seems a bit off, really. I have no objection to Christmas/Easter bank holidays, but random ones in May / August are going to be quite inconvenient. And it seems unfair that we will have to give her a day in lieu for working a BH Monday just because Monday is one of the days convenient to her to work (she can only do Mon-Wed).
Sick Pay. How long do we go on paying her a full day rate of she goes off sick? Is it indefinite? Or does she just get statutory sick pay?
And what happens if the nanny has to take days off because her child is sick (which will inevitably happen at some point).Do we still pay her 'sick pay'? For how long is reasonable?
Sorry for the bombardment, and I hope we don't come across as being tight. Just trying to make it a fair deal for her, but as convenient as possible for us!