Employing Domestic Staff For The First Time?

Make sure you have everything covered

If you’ve never employed someone before, our exclusive Domestic Employer’s Checklist has been designed to make hiring household staff a little less daunting for you. We’re here to support you with the legal aspects of the employment that you’ll need to consider including holiday and pensions.

Salary

Salaries are an extremely important part of the employment process.

Use our Salary Calculator to help you work out your employee’s weekly, monthly and annual net salary, otherwise known as their “take home” pay. This handy gross to net salary calculator will also work out the total cost to you as an employer, including any pension contributions due.

Gross vs Net

In the UK employment world, almost all industries will discuss salaries in Gross terms. If you agree to a Net salary you may be in for a shock further down the line when faced with how much employing household staff is really going to cost.

Pensions

Under the Pensions Act 2008, all UK employers must offer their employee a workplace pension scheme if they meet the criteria. Once enrolled into the pension scheme, you (the employer), your employee and the Government will be required to contribute to the pension. Learn more about workplace pensions or find out about our domestic staff pension service subscription add-on.

Ready to learn more?

Download our exclusive Domestic Employer’s Checklist below to make hiring household staff a little less daunting and to ensure you have everything covered.

Holiday

All employees including domestic workers have a legal minimum holiday entitlement. As a domestic staff employer you must state your enployee’s holiday allowance in the contract of employment and administer holiday pay where due. So how much holiday is your employee entitled to? This depends on whether they work full time or part time.

Employment Contract

An employment contract should help you and your employee set the foundations for a good working relationship. This legally binding document will outline the key terms of the employment arrangement that both parties must keep too.

How can Stafftax help you

First Time Employers

As part of our Stafftax payroll services we’re here to support you with the legal aspects of the employment that you’ll need to consider including holiday and pensions, and ongoing support from our team of payroll experts.

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