Cleaner tip

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Hello,

Seen loads of threads about christmas tip advice, but what about normal weeks of the year. Is it OK to tip a cleaner or could it ever come across negatively? Even more radical thought, could I propose a higher hourly rate?

First time we have a cleaner and I think she doesn't get paid enough for the job she does, but don't want this to end up being awkward either.

Thanks!

How much an hour does she charge and does she bring her own products?

£9ph no products

I'm a cleaner in South East England. I charge £15 @ hour and use the clients products and tools.
£9 is pretty cheap. I would offer her a higher rate, then you both know where you stand. I would suggest £12 . It's great that you appreciate her.

Its a few years ago, and very probably the cleaner was doing it as a "cash in hand" thing rather tham neing properly registered as self employed, but my mum just used to pay the cleaner as normal over xmas even though she wasn't cleaning.

I charge £15 per hour and bring all my own products. If she's a good cleaner and you want to keep her why not offer £12 per hour and see what she says?

Give her £10 an hour but pay her when she goes on holiday , and give her double at Christmas and a nice personal present 🎁

Thanks everyone for the suggestions. Glad to see it wasn't a daft idea, never hired a cleaner before so I wanted to check if there was some etiquette in this situation and answers helped.