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 […]
How much should I pay my household staff? Using our exclusive data we’ve created this domestic staff salary guide that reveals the average gross hourly and annual salaries for different types of domestic staff roles within the private staffing sector. The averages are calculated from 2018/19 Stafftax payroll data and based on a 50 hour […]
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, etc. Net pay is the money that your employee […]
The Top 10 Interview Questions to ask any Household Staff 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 […]
The Different Types of Staff Required in a Household In this guest blog by Lucy Challenger founder of Polo and 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 […]