What to do about cleaner?

[UntamedWisteria]

Apologies in advance, don't want to offend anyone.

Just thinking about whether I should tell my cleaner not to come in.

We are not self-isolating and I guess she will want to work & needs the money.

But this does seem to be non-essential contact.

What are others doing?

Perhaps just pay her anyway if you can afford to. Some people won’t.

Why would you offend anyone? Cleaning is a perfectly respectable job.
My cleaner came today. It's essential for her to work. If you were isolating then obviously not but otherwise carry on. She's cleaning after all so wearing gloves and using bleach...

We are still going to anyone who wants us atm. It's not so bad for me as I have small dc and top up tax credits etc but my friend doesn't, it pays her rent and bills

The people who have cancelled that are still working are paying. The ones who aren't getting paid obviously won't be paying

I've told mine not to come for the next week or two. Ditto the dogwalker. I will pay them.

I text my cleaner earlier saying we are all fine but it was up to her whether she comes. She's still coming but said will assess it on a weekly basis

Please pay her & tell her not to come.

It makes me so sad that those who will lose out financially are least able to afford to,

Same here. I don't feel right to have her here too. She might catch virus herself on the way to work, she has little son too. So I'm thinking to pay her half. What do you think?

Mine came today. I doubt she'll come in the next (I don't even know what number to put here....) so many weeks....I will pay her for as long as I can afford to

I've told mine not to come but am paying her.

I've told mine not to come for the rest of the month. And I've paid her for it.

I will give mine the option not to come I think though we’re all fine. I will pay her regardless.

Mines alternate weeks at the moment. I’ve got to isolate for 14 days as I have a cough, I’ve said don’t come next week but I’m paying her anyway. Well I’d already paid this month but I won’t ask her to make up the time or carry over. If you can afford to pay, do

I’ve asked mine not to come in and arranged to pay her until this is over. We are lucky that we will still be paid (pension) and I think everyone who is still being paid should pay people they use regularly.

I will continue paying my cleaner in full so long as I am being paid myself. She will not come, at least it's looking that way...
I feel strongly that if I can afford a cleaner, I can afford for them not to be left destitute due to this virus. Ditto the kids' music teachers. It feels like a moral judgement to me.
One caveat- I am lucky enough to be able to wfh on full wage. If I were one of the people losing my job eg in the service industry, I might think differently about paying.

Mine is coming. We're well, she's well, and we'll all be out when she's here.

I'm keeping my cleaner coming in for now, we're both very rural, have little contact with others, dp and I both wfh and she'll be washing hands on arrival and cleaning doorknobs etc as she goes, and we have agreed to tell each other if either of us gets symptoms

I will still pay her if she can't come due to the virus whether she gets ill or we do, if we do. Maybe at half the rate though

I would tell her not to come and pay anyway if my own income was staying the same.

we cancelled ours. It’s not worth the risk either way.

Crikey. I have a cleaner but I'm self employed too - and I'm already losing business, so need to cut back. Can't believe how many people can afford to pay the cleaner when they are not cleaning.

I've told mine not to come. But I.will still be paying her.

I’m going to let mine keep coming, but will pay her if we or she needs to self isolate.

Well that's because they probably aren't self employed and losing money themselves yet

I actually am self employed but all my work is home based anyway and will continue.

@TheLowry me too. Self employed, she knows that, I will pay half.

@TheLowry both DH and I can do basically our whole jobs at home and for the meantime anyway will continue to earn the same, whilst actually saving move from not having to travel to work, so we can afford to keep paying. I appreciate we’re in a privileged minority and others won’t be able to do this, absolutely no shame in that.