What's reasonable to pay 19 year old SiL to nanny/ "au pair" for the odd week/days here and there?

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SiL is 19 and lives in South West, we live in London. She has friends here and wants to spend some time in London before she goes to university next october. There is talk of her moving in with us for a few months to work as our nanny after our first baby is born in Jan. We would obviously pay all bills her food etc. and any expenses relating to stuff she does with baby inc. travel.

Anyhow it maybe she moves in with us and then gets a part time job so would nanny a few days a week but be at work the rest of the time.

Just wondering what is a reasonable dayrate to pay her? Are we or her responsible for paying NI/Tax etc?

On average, how many hours a week do you estimate she would 'work' as your nanny?

Has she looked after a baby before?

Yup she looks after her other nephew regularly.

Not sure at this stage how many hours as I am freelance and depends on if my contracts get renewed in April. DH seems to think she would just move in with us for 6 months but am not sure I want or need her for that long!

if shes only wrking a few hours here and there and not making much from it then i doubt that you would have to worry about NI and tax as she wouldnt be making enough plus shes family so is allowed to look after your child with or without a reward. so i dont really think you would have to register as an employer

thats seems alot as experienced nannies seem to get around that rate. depend how many hours though if not many then mayb but if alot of hours to avoid tax issues better to be less i no if you wrk 16hrs an min wage you dont pay any tax and i could be wrong but you are just under the threshold so wouldnt need to register as an employer

If she lived elsewhere and had to rent a room, pay for her own food, utilities, laundry, telly license, etc, roughly what would that work out to per week? £200?

Don't know what I'm basing this on, but as you're paying for her food, giving her a room/place to live, and she won't contribute to utilities, etc, the figure of £50 per week comes to mind.

But you'd have to agree a rough number of hours a week she'd be expected to 'work' (would that include evening babysitting?), and then adjust the pay up or down accordingly.

I get £8 gross in Tyne and Wear but that's because I work ad hoc hours, it's £7 average.

Although less qualified nannies around here might get £6 gross.

Just to give you some guidelines but this is not London.

Ad hoc hours I get £12gross but that's live out and home counties, not London, with 5 years experience and various qualficiations.

My first job I got £6 gross per hour with one newborn in London, again live out.

Standard au pair pocket money is anywhere between £50-85 a week depending on where you are, what hours she does and what other benefits you provide.

What do you see her doing? When would she be coming up and how long would she be staying? You may decide you don't want someone around for quite a while after your baby is born. What will you do if she's there then?

Or even qualifications (and one of them is as an English teacher )

The hourly rates being quoted don't take into account that she would already be getting free board and lodging.

An au pair would get £70 - £80 a week so £15 a day, but they not normally have the responsibility of a baby, so maybe a bit more for that.

Some very helpful responses thankyou.
Guess me and DH have some thinking to do and discussions need to be had with Sister in law.