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If any of your domestic and household staff who are EU citizens and have already been granted Pre-settled status it is vital they understand  the differences and the future actions they need to take. Those who have been in the country for less than five years or have not proved definitively that they have been […]

If you are applying for a domestic position through The Graham Agency we can help you through the process required to obtain pre-settled or settled status. Call us now for more information.  You may also like to click the link below, which will take you to the Government website with more information. https://www.gov.uk/settled-status-eu-citizens-families/applying-for-settled-status

While EU laws will still be in force after Brexit, there are no guarantees that they will stay that way. In the longer term this and future UK governments will be free to change them if they wish to do so. The Prime Minister has hinted that the laws regarding how holiday pay is calculated […]

It’s a question that many employees who have obtained employment tribunal judgements against employers may well be asking. And does the compensation award I was granted still stand? We can put your minds to rest on these issues, as all pre-Brexit judgements will remain binding on all UK courts except for the Supreme Court. However […]

While EU laws will still be in  force after Brexit, there are no guarantees that they will stay that way. In the longer term this and future UK governments will be free to change them if they wish to do so. The Prime Minister has hinted that the laws regarding how holiday pay is calculated […]

It’s a question that some employers who have had employment tribunal judgements given against them may well be asking. And does the compensation award granted still stand? We can clarify the situation here for you. All pre-Brexit judgements will remain binding on all UK courts except for the Supreme Court. However any new European Court […]

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 being subject to a fair deal, you need […]

The answer, as it is in many cases, is …it all depends … in this case on their reason for not working their notice. If their contract of employment states that they must work out their notice period, if they fail to do  so, they are in effect, in breach of that contract. And unless […]

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 holidays and one in 10 does not receive […]

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 the Home Secretary announced that those from EU […]