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To assist our reader, we have gathered the main points regarding the impact of the government’s second lockdown, which we feel may be of interest to you. The Government has confirmed that the following businesses were required to close from Thursday 5 November to Wednesday 2 December 2020: all non-essential retail, including, but not limited […]

The government’s Furlough scheme which has helped protect jobs finishes at the end of this month, October. So what happens then? On November 1st the government’s Jobs Support Scheme kicks in, but how does it differ from Furlough and how does it affect and benefit you as a domestic/household employee?   Essentially, the scheme will […]

As a domestic/household employee you may face the possibility of being made redundant if your employer considers reducing staff levels or consolidating roles. So what are your rights if this were to actually happen?   The possibility has already been encountered by many people as new figures demonstrate from Acas, the conciliation service. It has […]

  As a domestic/household employee you can, of course, choose not go to work, however you can’t expect there not to be any repercussions. The first is that you can be dismissed as you would be in breach of your contract of employment. If you do not work, your employer does not have to pay […]

As an employer of domestic/household staff you may, in these difficult times, face upto the option of consolidating staff roles and redundancies   If so, you are not alone as Acas, the concilliation service, has seen a jump of 160% redundancy-related calls in recent months compared with the same period in 2019.   If you […]

If employees refuse to return to work, what are your rights? In “normal” times, an employee can of course be disciplined , or dismissed if they do not turn up for work as they are in breach of their contract of employment.   Section 44 of the Employment Rights Act 1996 protects workers who leave […]

If you are considering annual pay increases for your domestic and household staff it is important to be aware of pay trends before entering into negotiations.   A recent survey * showed that rather than raising salary levels, almost a fifth of employers have already cut back existing pay levels since he start of the […]

As Furlough ends, the government’s Jobs Support Scheme kicks in, but how does it differ from Furlough?   Essentially, government and employers will continue to top up wages of workers who have not been able to return to the workplace full time due to the coronavirus.   Through this combination, employees will receive three quarters […]

Extremely clinically vulnerable employees who stayed at home to protect themselves from corona virus are now allowed to return to work. This came into effect at the beginning of August, however, many fear being made redundant or worry about  their safety when returning to their place of work. Now, in an open letter to the […]

If you, as an employer of domestic and household staff are asked by employees for a pay rise, then the results of a new major survey may help your negotiations. According to XpertHR which conducted the most recent pay awards survey,  pay awards are now at the lowest level for almost 11 years. Researchers found […]