Childcare or nanny agreement template

Childcare or Nanny Agreement

Parties: Family · Nanny

1. Purpose

This agreement sets out the terms on which the Family engages the Nanny to care for the Family’s child or children at home. It is a household arrangement, and the law of the country where the work is done decides how it is treated, including what rights, pay, insurance and social contributions apply to household staff. That law applies and goes first.

2. The children and the care

(1) Child or children cared for: [[First names and ages of the children]]

(2) The Nanny provides this care: [[Tasks, e.g. meals, play, school runs, homework, bedtime routine]]

(3) Other household tasks, if any: [[none / the tasks]] The Nanny does not take on work beyond this without agreement.

3. Start, term and place

(1) The care starts on the effective date and is [[open-ended / for a fixed term ending on the end date]]. Where the law restricts fixed-term work, this applies only as far as the law allows.

(2) The Nanny works at the Family’s home at [[Address of the home]] and on outings with the children. Living in the home: [[no / yes, with the arrangement for room and meals]]

(3) A trial period applies only where the law allows it: [[none / the length of the trial period]]

4. Hours and schedule

(1) Usual hours: [[Hours per week]] per week, as follows: [[Days and times, e.g. Monday to Friday 8:00 to 17:00]]

(2) Evening, night and weekend care: [[none / the arrangement]]

(3) Rest breaks, daily and weekly rest, the maximum working time and the pay for overtime, night and weekend work are as required by the law of the country where the work is done. That law also decides whether time on call or overnight in the home counts as working time.

(4) Changes to the schedule are made by agreement. The Family tells the Nanny of a change at least [[7]] days ahead, except in an emergency.

5. Pay and expenses

(1) The Family pays the Nanny the pay shown in the price schedule of this contract or, if there is none, [[Pay amount, currency and period, e.g. per hour or per month before tax]], on the payment terms stated in this contract. Other pay, such as holiday pay, a bonus or an allowance: [[none / the arrangement]]

(2) Tax, social contributions, insurance and registration for household staff, and who pays what, are as required by the law of the country where the work is done. Who handles them: [[Who handles them, e.g. the Family or a payroll service]]

(3) Reasonable costs of the children’s outings, food and transport that the Family approved in advance are reimbursed against receipts or paid from an advance: [[none / the arrangement]]

6. Leave and absence

(1) Annual leave, public holidays, sick leave, family leave and other leave are as required by law, and are worked out in proportion to the hours worked where the law provides for that. Additional leave: [[none / the additional leave]]

(2) If the Family cancels the care or is away, the Nanny is paid as follows, and in any case not less than the law requires: [[full pay / the arrangement]]

(3) If the Nanny cannot work, they tell the Family as soon as possible, by [[How to report, e.g. a call or message in the morning]], and give the evidence that the law or the Family’s reasonable rules require.

7. Safety and care rules

(1) The Nanny gives the children attentive, safe and respectful care. The Nanny supervises them as their age requires, does not leave them alone or with anyone the Family has not approved, and follows the Family’s reasonable routines on food, sleep, screen time and behaviour: [[House rules, or none]]

(2) The Nanny does not use physical punishment or any treatment that frightens or humiliates a child.

(3) The Nanny keeps doors, windows, water, medicines and dangerous items safe as the Family instructs, and tells the Family at once about any accident, injury or concern about a child.

8. Health and emergencies

(1) The Family gives the Nanny written details of each child’s allergies, medicines, health conditions and doctor, and emergency contacts: [[Details, or attached sheet]] The Family keeps them up to date.

(2) The Nanny gives medicine only as the Family instructs in writing and as the law allows.

(3) In an emergency the Nanny calls the emergency services and then the Family. If the Family cannot be reached in time, the Nanny may arrange urgent medical treatment for a child: [[agreed / not agreed, with any limits]]

(4) First aid training: [[none / the training the Nanny has or will take]]

9. Transport and outings

(1) The Nanny drives the children only if the Family has agreed in advance, the Nanny holds the licence the law requires, the vehicle is insured for this use and the children are seated as the law requires. Vehicle and cost: [[Not applicable / the Family’s or the Nanny’s vehicle and who pays the running costs]]

(2) On outings the Nanny takes the care that a parent would be expected to take. People who may collect a child or be left with a child: [[Names, or none besides the Family]]

10. Checks and references

(1) The Nanny gives true information about their identity, experience and right to work, and gives the documents the law requires. References: [[none / the references given]]

(2) Background checks, certificates or health information about the Nanny are asked for only where the law allows or requires it, and with the Nanny’s consent where the law requires that: [[none / the checks]]

(3) The Nanny tells the Family without delay if something happens that could affect the safe care of the children, as far as the law allows this to be required.

11. Privacy, photos and cameras

(1) The Nanny keeps the Family’s private affairs and information about the children confidential, during and after the engagement, except where the law requires or allows disclosure, including to protect a child.

(2) The Nanny does not publish photos, videos or information about the children, online or elsewhere, without the Family’s permission.

(3) The Family tells the Nanny before the engagement starts about any camera or recording device in the home and uses it only as the law allows. None is placed in bathrooms, in a room used by the Nanny or in other private places.

(4) The Family handles the Nanny’s personal data to manage the engagement and as the law requires, and tells the Nanny how it does so.

12. Insurance and liability

Insurance for the home, accident cover for the Nanny and liability cover for the care are as the law requires: [[Insurance or scheme that applies, or as required by law]] Each party is responsible for loss or damage it causes, within the limits the law sets. Limit on the Nanny’s liability for damage to the Family’s property: [[as the law provides / the limit agreed, where the law allows it]]

13. Ending the agreement

(1) Either party may end the engagement only as the law of the country where the work is done allows, including its rules on notice periods, form, reasons and protection against dismissal. Notice period: [[as required by law / the longer period agreed, where the law allows it]]

(2) Either party may end it at once only where the law allows this, for example because a child’s safety is seriously at risk.

(3) When it ends, the Nanny returns keys, cards and the Family’s property, and the Family pays what is due as the law requires and gives the Nanny a reference if the Nanny asks for one.

14. Mandatory law and written terms

The law of the country where the work is done gives the Nanny rights that this agreement cannot reduce, and may also set rules for the care of children. If anything in this agreement gives the Nanny less than that law requires, that law applies instead. Where that law requires a written contract or written information on the main terms, such as hours, pay and leave, this agreement and the document attached here supply it: [[Attachment, or none]] The parties add whatever is still missing. Where that law requires a particular form for the contract or the written terms, the parties also meet that form.

15. Changes and notices

This contract, including its price schedule, is the entire agreement on the care, apart from the rights the law gives. Changes are valid only if both parties agree to them in writing or in electronic form, where the law allows that form. Notices are given to the addresses stated for the parties, or to another address a party has notified.

16. Governing law and disputes

This agreement is governed by the law stated under Governing law. The parties will first try to settle any dispute in good faith. Otherwise the courts stated under Jurisdiction decide, unless mandatory law provides otherwise.

Payment terms

The pay is paid [[monthly in arrears / weekly]] into the bank account the Nanny names, after the deductions the law requires, and a pay record is given where the law requires one.

Governing law

[[Country or state whose law applies]]

Jurisdiction

[[Courts that decide disputes, e.g. the courts of your city]]