A guide to whether an au pair is a family member, a worker or an employee, with an au pair agreement covering the cultural exchange, living as part of the family, light duties and hours, pocket money, accommodation and meals, study, holidays, travel, house rules and ending the arrangement.
Employing a nanny or domestic staff
Au Pair Agreement and Worker Status Guide
About this document
A genuine au pair lives with a host family as part of the family, helping with light childcare and housework in exchange for accommodation, meals and pocket money. If the arrangement looks more like a job – long hours, sole charge of young children, heavy duties or set working patterns – the au pair is likely to be a worker entitled to the National Minimum Wage and holiday pay. This guide helps families stay on the right side of that line.
The document is laid out in the sections below. Each one comes with a plain-English guidance note explaining what it does and what to change.
Our templates are professionally structured starting points for UK businesses, not legal advice. For anything complex, unusual or high-value, have your final version checked by a solicitor.
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