Do i pay our cleaner over xmas?

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muswell345 · 19/12/2006 13:13

Help. Do I pay our cleaner who comes in 5 hours a week over xmas. She normally works on Tuesdays, but doesn't want to come on Boxing day. She's taking the week off even though she doesn't celebrate xmas (shes taking her xmas of 7th jan off too).We're fine with that, but she's hinting that she wants to be paid for the full week.

Do I give her?20 extra in a xmas card or do I give her the full ?40.

Forgive the scroogeness of this message, but money is tight and we will probably have to stop having help in the spring anyway.

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oxocube · 28/12/2006 17:53

Out of interest, does anyone have/know of a cleaner who actually declares their earnings? Because I know loads and I don't think any of them do! Mind you, at Eu10 per hour, I don't blame them

CliffRichardSucksEggsinHell · 28/12/2006 19:37

£10 an hour or £10 euros an hour?

I think I should become a cleaner!

batters · 29/12/2006 12:37

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dreamteamgirl · 29/12/2006 14:28

In SW Surrey/ NE Hants its £11 self employed!! No idea on the tax etc, but they did claim the £9-£10 rise was because they were 'going legit' ...

Dinosaur · 29/12/2006 14:31

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WideWebWitch · 29/12/2006 14:32

We pay £8 an hour away from London.

WideWebWitch · 29/12/2006 14:33

That should have read: we pay £8, an hour away from London or we're an hour away from London!

marymillington · 29/12/2006 14:37

the way we work it is that if my cleaner takes a week off as holiday, she isn't paid for it. but if we don't want her to come for any reason (ie we had builders in for several weeks) i pay her anyway.

i put an extra weeks wages in her christmas card as a gift. she bought a lovely gift for my little boy.

marymillington · 29/12/2006 14:37

i put an extra weeks wages in her christmas card as a gift. she bought a lovely gift for my little boy.

blossomsmine · 30/12/2006 00:12

I have worked for a cleaning company in the past and then as a self employed cleaner, also before that I employed a cleaner. At the moment I do self employed cleaning for a few people that still wanted me when I gave up working for the company. I just thought I would mention that not many people pay for holidays but the ones that do (and I am just talking Christmas holidays) usually give a present/wine aswell and it is really appreciated, especially the money! I can also assure you that the people that give money over Christmas get a much better clean throughout the year than the one's who don't!

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