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August 18th, 2016

A recent Crown Court case brought against a home care company by the Health and Safety Executive (HSE) has highlighted a number of issues relating to care of the elderly. While the case focussed on safety issues in the care home, it also has relevance to care provided by domestic staff for those in their […]

August 18th, 2016

As an employer of domestic staff, you hope that you do not have to terminate their employment, but if you do, what type of notice must you give? There are essentially two forms of notice which can be given if you decide to let an employee go. Firstly, Statutory, which revolves round how long they […]

August 18th, 2016

There is, says the Social Care Institute for Excellence, a real risk that family carers can reach the tipping point of leaving work, if caring for a loved one becomes too much. And the hours needed to reach this point are surprisingly, low, for an older employee, says a new report, more than ten hours […]

May 27th, 2016

There are now some two million people employed full-time and part-time in the domestic help industry in Britain, according to a survey carried out by the Work Foundation. However, the survey also revealed some startling and disturbing facts. Less than 40% of those questioned checked the references given by applicants. Only one in five employers […]

May 26th, 2016

Sometimes an offer comes along that appears to be a real bonus. Well, for many domestic and household staff a deal is on offer that may well boost saving with a ‘free’ money top-up. The government has announced that low paid workers who put aside some money as savings could receive a top-up of up […]

May 20th, 2016

It would seem that no matter how carefully relatives check a care home for their loved ones, there is a real risk of upheaval, A recent BBC programme uncovered figures which show that a quarter of UK care homes are at risk of closure within 3 years. Their report says that some 5,000 care homes […]

May 13th, 2016

In a recent court case in which a company was fined some £36,000 for unsafe working practices, it was revealed that no risk assessment had been carried out prior to the work being undertaken……so does this affect you as an employer of domestic or household staff? Well it does in that if you ask a […]

May 12th, 2016

A question often asked of us, is:  ‘Can we, as the employer, contact a member of our domestic or household staff when they are off sick?’ The answer, as almost always, is not simple. The short answer is yes you can, but with reservations. In fact your right to maintain contact while staff are off […]

May 9th, 2016

We all have the greatest sympathy for a member of domestic or household staff who are off sick. But what if the level of incapacity is far greater than is being reported, what then are your options? We raise this issue in the light of a recent finding by an Employment Appeals Tribunal regarding an […]

May 9th, 2016

It would appear that here at The Graham Agency we are bucking the trend in wages which our domestic and household staff receive. A recent report indicated that the jobs market is headed for a turbulent period with salaries at a standstill, due to a number of reasons including the potential economic situation arising from […]

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