Charges
PERMANENT STAFF
NANNIES AND HOUSEKEEPERS 10 x agreed gross weekly rate
GOVERNESS/TUTOR/TEACHER 13 x agreed gross weekly rate
EXECUTIVE HOUSEHOLD STAFF inc House Manager, PA, Butler, Private Chef, and all Exec/managerial roles 13 x agreed gross weekly rate
TEMPORARY STAFF
ALL STAFF – The fee will be £50 per day / £250 per week, or 25% of total amount paid to staff, whichever is higher
Subject to a minimum fee of £500 for all temporary positions. A trial of up to 2 weeks in total (for permanent roles) may be pre-arranged, with a prior payment of £500, which will be held on account and credited against the future invoice.
All fees are exclusive of VAT which will be charged at 20% within the UK, and at 7.7% by our Swiss SECO registered partner for placements in Switzerland.
Where a temporary position subsequently becomes a permanent post 50% of the fees payable at that point for the temporary post will be credited against the permanent fee (in accordance with the scale of charges above) and an appropriate invoice raised and payable immediately by the client.
- The Agency Fee shall become due and payable to the Agency immediately upon an Applicant’s acceptance of the Client’s offer of Engagement as the result of an Introduction.
- The Agency Fee is payable by the Client within seven days from the date of invoice, date of acceptance of an Engagement or date of Engagement, whichever is the earlier.
- Any invoice remaining outstanding more than 7 days after the invoice due date may be subject to an additional penalty charge of 20% of the original invoice amount. Any invoice still remaining outstanding 30 days after the original invoice due date may be passed to our international debt collection agency and any associated legal and collection costs may be added to the amount outstanding.
- The Agency Fee is to be paid in full prior to the Applicant commencing an Engagement with the Client or in the case of overseas Clients before the Applicant leaves the United Kingdom to take up such Engagement and the Agency reserves the right to advise the Applicant to withdraw his or her acceptance of the offer of Engagement in the event that payment in full has not been made. In such circumstances the provisions of clause 6 hereafter shall not apply.
- If the Client has to delay the commencement of the Engagement of the Applicant (for example because of the birth of a baby later than expected) then the Client shall be liable to pay the Applicant the full agreed weekly salary from the agreed date to the date of actual commencement and no refund of the Agency Fee or any part thereof shall be payable.
- If the Client cancels a confirmed booking less than fourteen days prior to the agreed date of commencement of the Engagement, the Client shall pay the full Agency Fee payable in respect of such booking and one week’s agreed salary for the Applicant to the Agency.
- The Client shall pay the Applicant reasonable travelling expenses for the Applicant to attend an interview with the Client, subject to agreement before the interview by both parties.
- The Client shall be liable for and shall indemnify the Agency against all costs and expenses incurred by the Agency in respect of any steps, actions or proceedings made or brought against the Client by the Agency to obtain payment of outstanding Agency Fees and interest.
- All payments must be made in UK pounds sterling unless otherwise agreed.
- Should an Applicant Introduced by the Agency be rejected by the Client, or reject an offer of Engagement by the Client, a full Introduction fee will be payable if that Applicant is subsequently employed by the Client within 3 years of the date of the Introduction. If a client Engages an Applicant Introduced by The Agency but does not inform the Agency within 7 days, the fee payable will be subject to a 50% surcharge.
- Where an Applicant has been Engaged without informing the Agency, the Agency shall be entitled to charge the Introduction Fee based on its best estimate of the highest market level of remuneration for the position in which the Applicant has been Engaged.