I have a part time cleaner who comes in two times a week who has been working for us for four months and she is very very good. We will be away for three weeks for Xmas and am thinking whether I should pay her for the time we will be away? I plan to ask her to do some organising and cleaning but it won’t take her more than 6 hours at maximum. If I pay her for those hours for a week she will work while we are away and a half of the pay for the two weeks she will not work, would that be ok? Or shall I just pay for the week she will work and not pay for the two weeks she won’t ? I am also planning to give her a good value (100 quid) voucher for Xmas.