Employment Issues For Individual Employers

Any private individual becomes an employer once they hire cleaning, childcare, sick care, gardening or administrative assistance staff, and must therefore be confronted with various issues that evolve over the course of employment.

The purpose of employment will define the conditions under which it should be carried out, but also how the working relationship should be developed and how to deal with the termination of the employment if the need arises.

Individuals and their advisers will need to consider the pitfalls and responsibilities associated with employing household staff in order to choose the most appropriate structure. Our Employment Law Team has identified some of the key issues to be considered (in a non-exhaustive manner).