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Recently in Singapore an employer used CCTV to monitor his domestic staff and when he saw his child abused handed the evidence to the police. He then posted it on Facebook. His actions have once again stirred up the “should we or shouldn’t we” monitor staff discussion. So, what are the legal constraints in the […]

  In many situations, women’s Menopause is still a taboo subject, but in the workplace, including that of your domestic staff, it has to be recognised and taken into account. In 2017 the government published a report “Menopause: effects on women s’ economic participation.” Prior to that in 2012 Ms. M. who had been dismissed […]

In 2020, the government will introduce a new leave entitlement, bereavement leave, being a statutory entitlement, it will be paid leave. There is currently no requirement for you as an employer to grant leave in these harrowing times , although common decency comes into play an time is allowed off. But because this is not […]

Despite repeated publicity promotions and warnings to employers – including of course those of domestic and household staff – of not paying the legal minimum wage, a record £15.6 million worth of underpayment has been uncovered by the government in just the last year. As a result 200,000 workers missed out on being paid at […]

You would like to think that when your domestic/Household staff are working for you, that even on their days off,  they are not working for anyone else. But according to a report by Henley Business School, 40% of employees have a job on the side to make ends meet. Does it matter? Well it depends […]

With some claims by employees and former employees of discrimination at Employment Tribunals, one can easily see how an employer crossed the line. However, with some you might think; “Well, that took me by surprise.” A recent case in Belgium might come under that umbrella. A shop has just been ordered to pay a man […]

Continued exposure of deficiencies in care homes in England will yet again focus the minds of families on alternative solutions. The organisation which checks and rates care homes the Care Quality Commission (CQC) uses four ratings – outstanding, good, requires improvement or inadequate. Almost 3,000 of the country’s 14,975 care homes in England are currently […]

Some time ago, we reported on the case of an employee who won a landmark battle when the European Court of Human Rights ruled that she had been discriminated against for being made to wear a uniform that prevented her from visibly wearing her crucifix. We pointed out the dangers to employers of domestic staff […]

When your new domestic worker, nanny, or carer has been cleared by police checks to work with children, it is fair to assume that all is well. Now a leaked document has revealed London’s Metropolitan police cleared up to 20,000 people without going through full security checks after Scotland Yard secretly relaxed its vetting system. […]

‘The times they are a-changing’ sang Dylan, and in the case of robots in the home, yes they are, but will they ever replace a human housekeeper? So, what can robots do in the home and do they do it as well as a traditional human housekeeper? Well the list is growing, but is still […]