Your legal responsibilities as an employer

Legal responsibilities as an employer

If you employ a nanny you have a number of legal responsibilities as an employer.

By law, you must:

• Register as an employer
• Set up and operate a PAYE (Pay As You Earn) scheme on your nanny’s behalf
• Pay regular Income Tax and National Insurance Contributions
• Pay Employer’s National Insurance Contributions
• Keep tax records on your nanny’s behalf
• Provide your nanny with regular pay slips
• Provide your nanny with an employment contract (for permanent contracts, this must be in place by the day the nanny starts their position)
• File an employer’s annual tax return
• Have employer’s liability insurance in place
• Enrol eligible employees into a qualifying pension scheme
• Provide a Privacy Notice to outline how you will use, process, disclose, protect and retain Personal Data. This must be concise, transparent, intelligible, easily accessible, and in clear and plain language so that your nanny can easily understand. You can find some useful information about how to write a privacy notice on the Information Commissioner’s Office’s website.

Nannytax discount code for clients

We have an amazing exclusive discount off your first year’s subscription to Nannytax payroll for clients registering with the Norland Agency and Newly Qualified Nanny team.

For more information, contact the relevant team via the details below.