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Many families contact us because their children are starting nursery or school, and so they don’t need their nanny full time any more.
A nanny share could be the solution to your problems.
Nanny holiday is more flexible than most other childcare options, but there are a few legal minimums and customary practices to be aware of and working out nanny pay can be confusing. In this blog, we outline both the legal stuff and the ‘done thing’ in London.
She’s a bit like a female Clark Kent; she doesn’t enter the room like a superhero. She approaches me quietly, cautiously, very polite. But over the course of our conversation, it emerges that she is a total badass. Natalie is not only the local owner of Nutkin Nannies, but also works as a nanny herself for 36 hours a week, looking after baby twins.
We’ve all had visions of idyllic family holidays: cocktails and a novel beside the pool while you take turns swimming with the little one(s), or messing about for hours on a beautiful beach. The reality can be very different: the toddler is constantly two steps away from drowning, there are more tantrums over hats than book pages read, and you find yourself turning on mobile data roaming so you can google ‘baby eating sand how much is dangerous’.
What parents usually want from nanny share is a bit more social interaction for their baby or toddler, and also to save on their nanny’s costs.
But what’s the nanny’s perspective likely to be?
Employing a nanny can seem super scary to new parents. But it’s not that difficult — and Koru Kids can give you plenty of help. Just take it step by step.
The best nurseries in London are fantastic places where children thrive. If your little one is in one of these nurseries, hold on tight and cross your fingers and toes.
Unfortunately, each week we get lots of calls from parents who are not happy with their nursery. In many cases the nursery itself is perfectly great, but the setup is not just working for the family for one reason or another.
In the UK, there is a small percentage of parents that do not pay the taxes that they should on the cost of their nanny. Here are six reasons that you really, really, should pay tax on your nanny;
THAT CALL. 7:20am. The croaky, sad voice on the other end of the line. Your nanny doesn’t feel well. She’s so sorry, she knows this will be really inconvenient, but there is no way she can work today. Hopefully she’ll feel better tomorrow.
You feel sorry for her – she sounded truly ill – but you’re also thinking, What do we do now?!