Group providers
Employing staff
As a group childcare provider you will be involved in recruiting and employing staff, take a look at these 7 things you need to do when employing staff:
- Decide how much to pay someone - you must pay your employee at least the National Minimum Wage. Check the ACAS website for information about what deductions you can and cannot make from an employee’s pay. For example, did you know that if you pay minimum wage you cannot charge your employees for their uniform as this will reduce their pay below the minimum!
- Check if someone has the legal right to work in the UK - an online checker is available on GOV.UK . You may have to do other employment checks as well.
- Your staff will need to hold a current DBS check (formerly known as a CRB check). You can get more information about this on GOV.UK.
- Get employment insurance - you need employers’ liability insurance as soon as you become an employer.
- Send details of the job (including terms and conditions) in writing to your employee. You need to give your employee a written statement of employment if you’re employing someone for more than 1 month.
- Tell HM Revenue and Customs (HMRC) by registering as an employer - you can do this up to 4 weeks before you pay your new staff.
- Check if you need to automatically enrol your staff into a workplace pension scheme.
- Consider flexible working to meet individual needs as well as your own business needs. This guide has been designed to support you as a manager in creating and managing more flexibility within your team.