We have written previously about the need to ensure the safety of your domestic and household staff and, once again, although the circumstances differ, the same lesson can be learnt.
Penalties for not ensuring their safety are rising and costs can be crippling. In this instance...
One of your employees, either domestic or household, is really dedicated and never takes a break, even though they work a long day - "don't know how they do it", you say.
Unfortunately, it appears it doesn't matter how they do it, if you don't build...
We all know that health care in the UK is rarely free and is often taken for granted. What many do not realise until later in life, is that if you are in need of social care because you are elderly, physically or mentally frail, more...
Unless you have an agreed wage increase policy with your domestic and or household staff, it is quite possible that they will at some stage, ask for a pay rise. One of the things you should be aware of, to enable negotiations to be tackled...
Confrontation with employees is always to be avoided if possible, and the last thing you should do is to give your housekeeper or other household staff member a strict ultimatum...
A court case in the news has highlighted yet again, how careful Housekeepers must be when accepting positions abroad. In the most recent, a court was told the horrifying story of a housekeeper from the Philippines who was starved by her Singaporean employers and lost...
The government is poised to consider extending leave rights for family members of new mothers. The outcome may well impact on leave rights for those employed as domestic/household staff.
A consultation is to be launched on the introduction of shared grandparental leave. The leave would allow...
There has recently been publicity of a case where the European Court of Justice (ECJ) ruled that a company's ban on a female employee wearing a headscarf at work was not directly discriminatory.
However we would caution against any employer of domestic or household staff using...
Employers providing accommodation for Housekeepers and Household staff will have to await the outcome of a forthcoming government consultation to assess possible tax implications.
The intention to launch the consultation was announced by the Chancellor in the recent Spring Budget. Although a date has not been...
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