Payment in Lieu of Notice (PILON)

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Payment in lieu of notice or (PILON) is when a nanny has been terminated from employment
and not required to work her notice.
In nanny’s contract you can stipulate that nanny’s employment can be terminated by PILON
immediately and payment in lieu of her basic salary will be paid for the notice period, then
you will not need to pay benefits and extra costs that accrue during her notice period.
If in the contract PILON does not specify the pay for this period or no mention to PILON in
the contract, then you as an employer will need to pay benefits and extra costs for this
period.
Tax and national must be deducted from PILON.
In the case of gross misconduct, PILON is not normally paid to the nann

The Importance of Play in Early Years

Do you remember when you were young and the hours of fun that you had playing with a bowl of water, bubbles, pots and pans, a ball? Did you realise that you were learning?

Learning through play is one of the most important elements of a child’s development. Play encourages Language Skills, creativity, social skills, a sense of fun and the ability to enjoy time alone or as part of a group. Children often learn skills that they will use for the rest of their life and that will help them with the more academic learning they will have to undertake.

Here are some examples of how inexpensive and easily accessible playthings can help your young children learn: –

Anything physical like ball games, climbing in the park, running will all enhance and strengthen they body, help with co-ordination skills and encourage a lifelong enjoyment of keeping fit and healthy.

Board Games, Card Games, party games all help with learning to take turns, teamwork, ability to mix and socialise with others.

Building blocks, shape sorters and jigsaws help with fine motor skills, developing logic, recognising differing shapes and sizes and putting things into order, all brilliant skills when it comes to maths and science.

Singing, playing musical instruments and dancing all help with listening and hearing skills and help develop a sense of rhythm.

Play dough, drawing, painting, playing with dolls, dressing up, using empty boxes, sandpits, are great for imagination and creativity. For slightly older children writing basic stories alongside their pictures help with learning to express their feelings and language skills.

Playing with water is a great start to science and Maths, learning the difference between fluids and solids, measuring, different size containers.

What ever they do, it needs to be a fun and entertaining environment, not forced. Let children take the lead and do things their way. If the play area and equipment are safe there is no reason why they cannot find different and unusual ways of doing things and experiment. Remember children all develop at different rates and some children that can do a simple jigsaw may find it difficult to share and visa verse.

And finally, at the end of the day, when your little one is tired and exhausted from all that playing and using their imagination don’t forget to make reading time fun. Let them look at the pictures and tell the story they see.

Spending time playing either as a family or on their own need not be expensive or time consuming, a few minutes playing a card game, or kicking a football about can really help a child calm down, get them (and you) in a happy place and get on with the day. Never underestimate the benefits of having fun!

Nanny Leaving

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Parents, as an employer it is your responsibility to inform HMRC when nanny leaves your
employment, this is done by an FPS submission via payroll software.
If you use payroll4nannies.co.uk we can handle this for you. The main problem we have
when nanny leaves, is that we get notified late that nanny has left. This means that we
submit to HMRC that nanny has been paid for a month when in fact she did not. This can be
corrected, but can lead to issues with nanny’s tax code in the meantime. The same can be
said for pensions. If we have not been told nanny has left, we will submit amounts to HMRC.
This can also be fixed but we will need to request the money back from the pension provider.
If nanny is leaving, you need to see if she is owed any holiday pay which she has accrued
and not taken, this would be paid in her final payslip. It also occurs nanny has taken more
than her holiday allowance, so the overpaid holiday needs to be deducted in her final
payslip.
It is prudent to detail in nanny’s contract that any holiday taken over her allowance upon
leaving will be deducted from her final payslip.
Once nanny’s leave date has been confirmed, you will need to confirm if any holiday pay is
owed or needs to be deducted, redundancy due or payment in lieu due, once confirmed
payslip would be finalised and a P45 can then be processed and submitted to HMRC.

Training and Education

Do you know that the development of language in children occurs in 4 stages? These are babbling stage, single-word stage, two-word stage, and multi-word stage.
If you are interested in learning more about this, take a look of the courses that Little Ones Training and Education has on offer for you!
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Holiday Allowance for nannies

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A full time nanny is entitled to 28 days holiday (5.6 weeks) which includes bank holidays.
Employers are entitled to choose all the dates of holiday nanny should take, but in practice
nanny normally chooses 2 weeks while the employer chooses the other 2 weeks.
In your contract with nanny, make sure you ask for notice for nanny’s proposed holiday this
will allow you to find alternative childcare. Some employers ask for at least 4 weeks notice.
We would recommend you keep note of holiday taken paid or unpaid, just in case nanny
leaves part way through the year and has over taken on holiday. This way any unpaid or
over paid holiday can be paid/deducted in her final payslip.
If nanny works more than 5 days a week, their holiday entitlement is capped at 28 days. It is
not a problem if you agree more day’s holiday with nanny – this could be a condition of her
working for over a stated amount of time.
If nanny is part time, she is entitled to annual leave (28 days including bank holidays), but
pro-rated. So if nanny works 2 days a week, her holiday allowance is calculated:
2 days a week x 5.6 annual holiday allowance = 11.20 days holiday.
You must not round the holiday allowance down to 11, but can round it up to 11.5 days.
If nanny works different hours each week, you calculate her holiday pay by averaging her
last 12 weeks worked hours then multiply it by 5.6, this then gives you her holiday
entitlement in hours for the year and when she has a day’s holiday or was due to work on a
public holiday, whatever hours she was scheduled to work that day are then deducted from
her overall annual entitlement.

Education and Training

We have teamed up with Little Ones Training & Education, to bring you a fantastic opportunity. They are offering 20% discount on any of their EYCE, Sleep Well or PAICE courses. Call them on 020 7112 8057 quoting nannyjob to book and look at their website for information on these and other courses they run.
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P11D Information

P11D Information
As it has reached the end of the tax year, it is your responsibility as an employer to declare
and prepare a P11d if required.
The deadline for filing the P11d is 6th of July.
These are some of the benefits that should be declared are:
Personal use of a car
Private car mileage/fuel allowance
Private Medical Insurance
Flights home if employing nanny from overseas
Living accommodation
Gym or other club membership
Subscriptions and professionals fees
Beneficial loans – interest free or low interest
Failure to declare them will result in a £100 penalty for each month it is late

Starter Checklist

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Normally a nanny who has just started in your employment will hand you their P45 from previous employment which details the tax code, gross earnings and tax deducted.

P45’s are only valid and used if they are for the current tax year.

If this is nanny’s first ever job, she will not have a P45 and will be required to complete a Starter Checklist.

Other reasons for completing a Starter Checklist could be that nanny has misplaced or lost her P45 or has not worked in the current tax year.

The starter checklist once completed will advise what tax code needs to be operated for nanny and if a student loan needs to be deducted.

A link for the Starter Checklist:

https://public-online.hmrc.gov.uk/lc/content/xfaforms/profiles/forms.html?contentRoot=repository:///Applications/PersonalTax_iForms/1.0/SC&template=SC.xdp