[cleartech]

im about to take on a part time employee for the first time. can someone tell me what holidays they are allowed and how long they have to be off work before you are liable to pay them .

[Central Window Cleaners]

http://www.direct.gov.uk/en/Employment/Employees/Timeoffandholidays/DG_10034642

This is how you calculate the holiday entitlement.

Who can get Statutory Sick Pay

If you're working for an employer under a contract of service (even if you've only just started), you're entitled to Statutory Sick Pay (SSP) if the following apply:

 * you're sick for at least four days in a row (including weekends and bank holidays and   
      days that you do not normally work)
* you're earning at least £97 a week

[darren clarke]

you do not have to pay ssp, u can tell them just to go to the DSS and claim off them,  if you do pay it you can claim it back against tax

[Central Window Cleaners]

According to the HMRC site it is the employers responsibility to pay SSP

SSP - employer obligations

As an employer you're responsible for operating the SSP scheme. You'll need to:

    * work out whether an employee meets the qualifying conditions (more below)
    * calculate how much SSP they're due
    * pay the SSP to them
    * keep a record of the SSP you pay

[darren clarke]

http://www.hmrc.gov.uk/helpsheets/e14.pdf

this is info of the Employers SSP disk

When to start paying SSP
SSP isn’t payable straight away. The first three Qualifying Days of a PIW are called ‘Waiting Days’ (WD’s) when SSP isn’t payable: SSP is payable from the first qualifying day after the three WDs.

Qualifying conditions
An employee must meet all the following conditions to get SSP.
•
They must be your employee – and they will need to have done some work under their employment contract before going off sick.
•
They must be incapable for work for at least four days or more in a row. This is called a 'period of incapacity for work’ (PIW). See 'Terms used in this helpbook’ on page 4 for an explanation of PIW.
•
They must have at least one Qualifying Day in each week – these are days they normally work. See 'Terms used in this helpbook’ on page 4 for an explanation on QDs.
•
Their earnings must be at least as much as the lower earnings limit (LEL) for National Insurance contributions (NICs). This is £97.00 a week from 2010–2011. See 'Terms used in this helpbook’ on page 4.
•
They must have notified you about their sickness – either within your own time limit or within seven days.
•
They must provide you with medical evidence of their sickness if you require it, see page 10.

[Central Window Cleaners]

Yes and from that unless you are paying them very low wages, once they have been off for more than 3 days you would have to pay them SSP which you then can claim back from the HMRC

[darren clarke]

it all depends on what he is paying,   what r u going to be paying cleartech

[mci services]

that suits me just fine because I employ a young lad that doesn't fall into the ssp bracket as he only does 16 hours

[wightsurf]

16 x £10.00 = lots   

[mci services]

16 x £10.00 = lots   

16x not very much = not very much he gets more than minimum wage but not much more, as far as I can put it he is still an apprentice and when he mans up he will get a mans wage

[darren clarke]

i hope u r paying him the proper apprentice wage of 2.50 ph,

[Frankybadboy]

i hope u r paying him the proper apprentice wage of 2.50 ph,

how much cough cough

[mci services]

nah he started on min wage at 3.57 but he is now on 4.85 which isnt bad for a young lad it is due to go up next month

[darren clarke]

thats how much you have to pay an apprentise

http://www.direct.gov.uk/en/Nl1/Newsroom/DG_178175

Apprentice minimum wage - £2.50 per hour
The government also accepted a recommendation from the Low Pay Commission (LPC) to introduce an apprentice minimum wage of £2.50 per hour.

The new rate will apply to:


•apprentices under 19

•apprentices aged 19 and over, but in the first year of their apprenticeship

i know how you are you meant to make a living employing staff

[darren clarke]

so would you recommend getting a young lad in rather then an experience person?

[mci services]

so would you recommend getting a young lad in rather then an experience person?

not necessarily darren at times I wonder why I bother, sometimes I think it would better with an adult that can be trusted it is just something I have tried and I probably would not do it again or I would do it differently

[Richard Neal]

I have part time help, hes self employed and i pay him a day rate which he sorts out himself on his books, i got him his PL insurance as well, it works for me