I am looking to get a housekeeper on a weekly basis for a few hours.
If I employ him/her directly, I presume that I become an " employer" and have to pay PRSI and stuff like that.
If I go through an agency, who provides the service to me, would I be free of that headache?
I am contacting my insurance to make sure my policy covers it.
I do not want to do this under the counter. Someone I know, who had the same housekeeper for years, was caught stealing, but they could not sack her as she threatened to go to revenue about unpaid prsi!
If I employ him/her directly, I presume that I become an " employer" and have to pay PRSI and stuff like that.
If I go through an agency, who provides the service to me, would I be free of that headache?
I am contacting my insurance to make sure my policy covers it.
I do not want to do this under the counter. Someone I know, who had the same housekeeper for years, was caught stealing, but they could not sack her as she threatened to go to revenue about unpaid prsi!
) I pay her in her hand - worked for me for the last 12 months, with no complaints - she came recommended from a friend. I would have thought that technically the housekeeper/cleaner would be self-employed and responsible for their own deductions.