Claiming nanny costs back as essential worker.

EssJayD

What are your normal childcare arrangements?  If not a nanny were your work aware you'd be employing one specifically so you could carry out your role and did they verbally agree to cover costs apart from the taxi fares?

nyermen

Without prejudice to the responses and reaction from OP, I think the OP should check incase HMRC do not consider them reasonable business expenses, and therefore are a taxable benefit...

suki1964

TammyKSafe said:

I came to the forum for opinions on the situation many have given these which has given food for thought. Much to many of your obvious objections, I will pursue this matter with my employer anyway.

I am trying to breakdown the difference between what is expected, stay home, save lives, against what was required, attend work, and how this could be legally broken down in terms of expenses.

Everyone was expected to stay home unless they were key workers. Many childcare facilities were closed except a few which could be used.

If I stayed home like 80% of our institute, I would not have any work related expenses, and I would not be a key worker. There would not be a cost to me.

As an essential worker I was required to attend work which included the expense of childcare. I agree, under normal working conditions this is something I am and still are happy to pay.

The discrepancy is between what is expected against what is required; on top of this, one of our partner institutions payed out their key/essential workers a disturbance pay on top of normal salary as having identified this issue I am trying to understand/challenge.

Appreciate any serious advice and opinions too, no matter how offensive.

This is where you are wrong

We were told to say home OTHER then to go to work, if we could work from home we had to do so

At no time were we told we couldn't work UNLESS we worked in the industries that were closed by the Goverment

k12479

TammyKSafe said:

k12479 said:

TammyKSafe said:
...as I was not given the choice to work from home (even though I could) and am therefore out of pocket. Had i have worked from home i would have been able to stop child care and the financial implications of this.

If you were allowed to work from home you would have been able to look after your child instead?

yes, and it was expected/allowed for a reduction in productivity because of this work/childcare balance. This would have been discussed with and controlled by my manager. Other members of my department were in this situation. Where they were unable to work to a certain level of productivity, they were furloughed. 
This was all agreed with my director that the taxi fares would be paid, however halfway through the pandemic, we had a change in director. 
It is my new director who has advised me to apply for the childcare as an expense.

Fair enough, if that wasn't the case then you'd perhaps want to be careful how the justification was phrased, but it seems that issue is covered.

What's the question? In terms of claiming for the childcare, I'd use the normal expenses claim procedure and if that gets rejected, deal with it at that point. In terms of use of taxis, if the agreement was documented show the new director that or if the former-director is still around ask him/her to confirm to the new director what was agreed.

Dr_Crypto

Just ask your manager/HR for an expenses form (or get it from the company intranet) and put it on there. It is an authorised expenses claim from work so claim it as you would a train ticket or hotel room etc. 

diggingdude

You must be kidding surely?

bradders1983

Surely HR see the expense form and throw it in the bin, once they have spoken to your bosses boss.