{"id":832,"date":"2013-09-27T13:59:52","date_gmt":"2013-09-27T12:59:52","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.nannyjob.co.uk\/blog\/?p=832"},"modified":"2013-09-27T13:59:52","modified_gmt":"2013-09-27T12:59:52","slug":"nanny-contracts","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.nannyjob.co.uk\/blog\/nanny-contracts\/","title":{"rendered":"Nanny contracts"},"content":{"rendered":"

\"\"<\/a>If you\u2019ve recently employed a nanny you should have signed a contract with them before handing over your children and the house keys, but you do have 2 months from the date your nanny starts work to provide your nanny with a written statement of employment so if you haven’t already then it’s not too late. You can find out more about the why and how of nanny contracts here<\/a> and Nannyjob also provides 2 model contracts<\/a> for you to download and use if you wish, and we’ve put together some additional pointers.<\/em><\/p>\n

Agree a gross wage<\/strong><\/p>\n

As an employer you are responsible for deducting tax and National Insurance, leaving your nanny with their net pay. It\u2019s important to put a gross wage in the contract so your nanny\u2019s personal tax arrangements don\u2019t result in overly-complex calculations each payment period.<\/p>\n

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Be precise about holiday<\/strong><\/p>\n

Each employee is entitled to 5.6 weeks holiday per year, which is 28 days for a full time worker and pro rata-ed down for a part-time worker. This includes any Bank Holidays, which means a full time worker will get 4 weeks plus 8 Bank Holidays. For part time workers the picture is more complex. A nanny who works Monday and Tuesday is entitled to 11.2 days (you can round up but not down) and will have 4 Bank Holidays on working days in 2014, leaving 7.2 days rather than 8 (which would be 4 working weeks) to choose. A nanny working Tuesday and Wednesday has only 1 Bank Holiday on working days in 2014, leaving 10.2 days of holiday. Allocating 4 working weeks or 8 days, would give less that the statutory minimum.<\/p>\n

If your nanny works variable hours you might be better using an accrual method so both of you are clear in the contract how holiday will be worked out fairly.<\/p>\n

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Agree a list of duties<\/strong><\/p>\n

A written contract is the best reference for what duties have been agreed in case of any disputes further down the line. It\u2019s also a useful tool for assessing and appraising performance, and if problems arise it gives clear indications of what can be considered poor performance for disciplinary purposes.<\/p>\n

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Define gross misconduct<\/strong><\/p>\n

In rare situations you may want to dismiss your nanny instantly without notice but there needs to be a provision in the contract for this. Common grounds for summary dismissal as a result of gross misconduct are child abuse, theft, using alcohol or illegal drugs whilst on duty and being found guilty of a serious criminal offence. Remember that if you dismiss your nanny for harming a child you have a responsibility to report <\/strong>that to the DBS.<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

If youve recently employed a nanny you should have signed a contract with them before handing over your children and the house keys, but you do have 2 months from the date your nanny starts work to provide your nanny with a written statement of employment so if you haven’t already then it’s not too … Continue reading “Nanny contracts”<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[16],"tags":[153,296,299,302,306,313,378],"class_list":["post-832","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-nannies","tag-employer","tag-nannies","tag-nanny","tag-nanny-contract","tag-nanny-employer-relationship","tag-nanny-job","tag-parents"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.nannyjob.co.uk\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/832","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.nannyjob.co.uk\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.nannyjob.co.uk\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.nannyjob.co.uk\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.nannyjob.co.uk\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=832"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.nannyjob.co.uk\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/832\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.nannyjob.co.uk\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=832"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.nannyjob.co.uk\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=832"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.nannyjob.co.uk\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=832"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}