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  When you’re looking for a new job, two of the most important questions are: what is the pay, and how does it compare with other jobs. Well, to put you in the driving seat, we can tell you that the current rate of pay increases in the UK are 2.5% – and that’s better […]

Take some advice to help you perform to the best of your potential at an interview. These interview tips will help even the most inexperienced interviewees to shine: Common questions. Consider the most likely questions that you are going to be asked before you even get to the This way you are ready and won’t […]

Even more opportunities are potentially opening up for housekeeping jobs as working parents struggle with their job/life balance. A recent survey has revealed that almost one in five working parents have had to turn down promotion and new jobs so they can cope with running the home. Here at The Graham Agency we are uniquely […]

Yet again, international news regarding treatment of Filipino domestic staff in Kuwait has highlighted the risks of working in some counties. Increasingly the UK is seen as the safe option. The Philippines has suspended sending workers to Kuwait, while it investigates the deaths of several Filipinos there. President Rodrigo Duterte of the Philippines claims that […]

Wages are squeezed and it looks like another five years of the same before earnings are even anywhere near 2008 levels, so how can you, as domestic or household staff buck the trend and keep money in your pocket? It was Director of the Institute of Fiscal Studies, Paul Johnson who recently stated: “The squeeze […]

There has been a major development that could affect many domestic staff, now and in the future If you have lodged a complaint against a former employer since July 2003, you would have had to pay a compulsory fee firstly to make the complaint and then a higher fee if the case was heard at […]

Increases in statutory pay rates staff recently announced by the government will affect a whole range of workers. We have listed all the new rates below to help you ensure you will be paid the correct levels which come into effect in April 2018. These new statutory rates are for maternity pay, paternity pay, shared […]