Domestic/Nanny Employment Contract

Our solicitor-approved 'Download Now' Domestic/Nanny Employment Contract template will help you to easily get the appointment of domestic staff in writing.

Whether you’re hiring a nanny or other domestic help in England & Wales or Scotland, Lawpack’s Domestic/Nanny Employment Contract template lets you comply with the latest legal requirements of employment law when hiring domestic staff.

When a nanny or domestic help is employed directly by a family, the family, as their employer, will have legal obligations under employment law to those in their domestic employment.

As an employer, you legally must provide a written statement which sets out the main terms and conditions of the nanny or domestic help’s employment.

Broadly, nannies and other domestic helps have the same employment rights as all other employees.

Some terms and conditions of employment of domestic staff and nannies are subject to statutory employment law requirements (e.g. rates of employee pay, working hours, holidays and notice of termination of employment).

But there are some employment rights that nannies and domestic staff don’t have, on the basis that their employer is exempt as a small employer; for example, the National Minimum Wage and access to a Stakeholder Pension.

Lawpack’s Domestic/Nanny Employment Contract download has been approved by employment law solicitors so you can be assured that it’s legally binding and up to date.

This Domestic/Nanny Employment Contract template ensures that you comply with your employer obligations set out by employment law.

Plus this Employment Contract download includes the statutory terms and conditions and the following clauses:

• Commencement
• Job title and duties
• Pay
• Hours of work
• Employee holiday entitlement
• Sickness absence
• Collective agreements
• Accommodation
• Facilities
• Telephone
• Pension (lack of one)
• Termination of the employment contract
• Confidentiality
• Disciplinary, dismissal and grievance procedures
• Data protection
• House rules

Available as a "Download Now" Word template document, this employment contract download can be easily adapted for your own use when you’re employing domestic staff and the employment contract download protects your rights and those under your domestic employment.

Use our Domestic/Nanny Employment Contract and get your employment of domestic staff in writing today.

Other information

• How to guide on nanny contracts