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Right now we have lots of clients who are currently seeking staff for housekeeping roles, whether as a housekeeper or a housekeeping couple.  The jobs are live-in, many requiring the staff to be able to drive and be willing to travel.  We have vacancies across...

10 March, 2016

A recent BBC TV documentary focusing on the Philippines illustrated how the country is training thousands of men and women each year with the skills needed to find jobs overseas mainly in domestic staff positions. In nationally run academies students are trained for a variety of...

10 March, 2016

6 April 2015 sees an important payroll change for anyone employing a member of domestic staff under the age of 21.  From that date, employers’ Class 1 secondary National Insurance Contributions (NICs) will have been abolished. For those of you who use a payroll service, it’s...

10 March, 2016

When you are looking for a way out… Everyone who employs a member of domestic staff always hopes that the relationship will work out well and to mutual advantage, and in most cases it does precisely this. But there are occasions when perhaps you become dissatisfied with...

10 March, 2016

If you are an employer of between 1 and 49 staff, which is likely if you employ a nanny, cleaner, housekeeper or carer, you should have received a letter from The Pensions Regulator informing you of your duty with respect to enrolling your staff into...

10 March, 2016

It’s not unusual for a housekeeper to help with the household’s children, preparing meals, walking them to school, but what about babysitting? Have you given any consideration as to how this element is to be handled.  If you go out in the evening for four or...

10 March, 2016

Those employing domestic staff may be interested to read HMRC's Employer Bulletin for August 2015 - it includes a useful summary of the Summer Budget announcements....

10 March, 2016

Have you just taken on your first employee and wondering how to get started with payroll?  Why not take a look at HMRC's e-learning guide:  Becoming an employer?...

10 March, 2016

HMRC is holding a number of useful webinars for new employers in the coming weeks, covering subjects such as Getting Started as an Employer, Statutory Sick Pay, and PAYE with Basic PAYE Tools, You can find more details on the HMRC website at https://www.gov.uk/government/news/webinars-emails-and-videos-on-employing-people. Have you just...

10 March, 2016

The UK government is strengthening its crackdown on the employment of illegal migrants.  In the forthcoming Immigration Bill there will be new measures enabling those caught working illegally in England and Wales to be sentenced to up to six months in jail. To be introduced in...

10 March, 2016
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