Were you aware that if your nanny is found to be illegally employed, you may be liable to civil penalties and an eye-watering fine of £20,000? And if you knowingly employ illegal workers, there can be prison sentences of up to 2 years as well as unlimited fines.
All workers now have a statutory right to at least 5.6 weeks paid annual leave (ie 28 days paid holiday if your employee work five or more days a week) and this needs to be pro rata for those working part-time.
On 6 April 2009, the statutory dismissal and disciplinary procedures were repealed and therefore an employer is not required to follow them for 'trigger events' occurring on or after that date. However, an employer is still required to follow a fair and reasonable procedure as set out in the revised ACAS Code of Practice on disciplinary and grievance procedures.
