An employment contract for other domestic staff employed directly by a household – housekeepers, cleaners, gardeners, drivers, personal assistants and carers – with duties, hours, pay, keys and security, holiday, sickness, pension, confidentiality, notice and procedures, plus guidance on self-employed status.
Employing a nanny or domestic staff
Household Staff Employment Contract – Housekeeper, Cleaner, Gardener or Personal Carer
About this document
Many households employ cleaners, housekeepers, gardeners or carers for regular hours. Whether they are employees or genuinely self-employed depends on the reality of the relationship – a cleaner who works fixed hours for one household, under its direction and using its equipment, is likely to be an employee. This contract covers directly employed household staff.
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