Top 10 things to consider when employing household staff Are you hiring someone to work in your home who isn’t self-employed or paid through an agency? Whether it’s a housekeeper, gardener or carer, you are now classed as their employer and have various legal obligations to consider once they accept the job. From deducting the […]
How much should I pay my butler? In our latest household staff salary guide, we look at the average gross salary for a range of domestic staff based within the UK. This guide has been compiled using Stafftax payroll data from the 19/20 tax year. Figures are rounded to the nearest pound, based on a […]
Calculating Holiday Allowance All employees including household staff have a legal minimum holiday entitlement. As a domestic staff employer you must state your employee’s holiday allowance in the contract of employment and administer holiday pay where due. Full Time Employees A full-time employee is entitled to a minimum of 5.6 weeks (28 days) of paid annual leave. This includes […]
Written by Liz Barton, Sales and Customer Team Manager Gross vs Net What Is The Difference? Gross pay is your employee’s take-home salary plus income tax, employee’s national insurance and any other payments that come out of their salary – such as employee pension contributions, student loans, tax on benefits, tax owed from previous jobs, […]
Written by Laura Eason, Head of Customer and Operations When you make the decision to hire a new member of staff for your household, the process of interview through to the trial and hire of an employee is vital. Here you can gauge if the person is right for the role. But how do you […]
The Different Types of Staff Required in a Household In this guest blog by Lucy Challenger founder of Polo & Tweed, we learn about the different roles staff can play in a domestic household. The domestic staffing industry is a busy one! Now families, large estates and properties around the world, have the benefit of […]