As employees nannies are entitled to paid holiday and the amount is specified in the contract. It can be expressed as weeks, days or hours depending on the nanny’s employment pattern – see here for more.
Previously the norm was to give 4 weeks plus Bank Holidays, but recently the trend has been to state 5.6 weeks (28 days) including Bank Holidays, which usually works out to the same amount but fairer to part-time workers who may not be actively working on Bank Holidays but are still entitled to the same proportion of holiday as full-time employees. Holiday in a nanny share can be complicated to arrange but it’s important that the nanny gets their full holiday entitlement so both families must communicate clearly.
While employers can dictate when a nanny takes all of their holiday, most families allow the nanny to choose a certain amount – often 2 weeks – although they may put restrictions on when the holiday can be taken. It’s also usual for any time off chosen by the employer over the nanny’s holiday allowance to be paid in full, although some will request that the nanny comes in to work to do nursery duties such as batch cooking for the freezer or sorting through children’s toys and clothes.