News & Events

Where do your domestic and household staff rate on the sickness ladder.

Where do your domestic and household staff rate on the sickness ladder? Of course staff are off sick from time to time and as an employer of domestic/household staff you accept this, but where do they sit on the average time-off ladder? To know if you are...

25 September, 2019

A Member Of Your Domestic Staff Resigns, But Leaves Before Working Their Notice Period Do You Have To Pay Them?

The answer, as it is in many cases, is ...

25 September, 2019

Don’t Be The One in Twenty

Don't be the one in twenty. Despite considerable publicity regarding employer obligations to employees, including of course, domestic and household staff, too often the rules on paid holidays and payslip provision are flouted. According to the Resolution ThinkTank, about one in 20 employees do not get paid...

25 September, 2019

EU Migrant Post-Brexit Salary Threshold May Be Reviewed

The £30,000 per annum pre-tax salary threshold for migrant workers post-Brexit may be reviewed, employers of domestic staff will be interested to learn. The possible change to the threshold has been announced by Home Secretary Sajid Javid. The present focus on £30,000 originated last year (2018) when...

25 September, 2019

Why Changing To Flexible Working Hours May Soon Be Easier

If a new bill does progress through parliament, then being allowed to work flexible working hours may well be easier. The reason is that the new bill, if passed, would make flexible working the default position for all employees - including of course domestic and household...

12 September, 2019

Parents Of Premature Babies May Be Given New Leave Rights.

Parents of premature babies could be given “neonatal leave” to spend more time with their children once they have left hospital. The plans, which to date have not been been passed into law, were recently announced by former PM Theresa May as part of her “legacy.” Mrs....

12 September, 2019

Holiday Time Maybe A Distant Memory But Did You Actually Get Enough Time Off?

Holiday Time Maybe A Distant Memory But Did You Actually Get Enough Time Off? Holiday time maybe just a memory, but did you actually get the correct amount of holiday time off? Perhaps, even more importantly, do you know your holiday leave rights? Keeping up with changes...

12 September, 2019

Holiday Time May Be A Distant Memory But Did You Actually Get Enough Time Off?

Holiday time maybe just a memory, but did you actually get the correct amount of holiday time off? Perhaps, even more importantly, do you know your holiday leave rights? Keeping up with changes employment rules is not always easy and sometimes changes can pass you by...

06 September, 2019

Could You Be A Trend Setter?

Would YOU give special consideration to a female domestic staff member suffering from period pain? Coexist, a Bristol-based arts centre, became the first in the UK to offer formal period leave to women so they could work flexibly around their cycle. Now, one national broadcaster, Emma Barnett,...

06 September, 2019

Parent Of Premature Babies May Be Given New Leave Rights…….

06 September, 2019

Where do your domestic and household staff rate on the sickness ladder.

A Member Of Your Domestic Staff Resigns, But Leaves Before Working Their Notice Period Do You Have To Pay Them?

Don’t Be The One in Twenty

EU Migrant Post-Brexit Salary Threshold May Be Reviewed

Why Changing To Flexible Working Hours May Soon Be Easier

Parents Of Premature Babies May Be Given New Leave Rights.

Holiday Time Maybe A Distant Memory But Did You Actually Get Enough Time Off?

Holiday Time May Be A Distant Memory But Did You Actually Get Enough Time Off?

Could You Be A Trend Setter?

Parent Of Premature Babies May Be Given New Leave Rights…….

Contact us

Quick Links

Specialist Areas

Latest News