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Managing house help, without the headaches.
Practical, no-fluff guides on paying, tracking, and keeping great household staff — maids, nannies, cooks, and drivers. Written by the team behind StaffAround.
How to Calculate Your House Help's Salary Based on Attendance (Formula + Examples)
The exact formula to calculate your maid's monthly salary from attendance: (Present + Half Days × 0.5) ÷ Working Days × Salary. With worked examples.
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How to Pay Part-Time House Help Fairly: Twice-a-Week Cleaners, Weekly Gardeners & Custom Schedules
The salary maths for part-time household staff: twice-a-week cleaners, weekly gardeners, fixed-date visits. How to set the working-days base and per-visit rate.
6 Jul 2026 · 6 min read
Maid Salary in India (2026): City-Wise Rates for Maids, Cooks, Nannies & Drivers
What to pay a maid, cook, nanny or driver in India in 2026: typical monthly rates by city tier, what drives the price, and how to set a fair salary.
2 Jul 2026 · 8 min read
Managing a Personal Driver: Attendance, Salary, Overtime & Outstation Trips
A practical system for managing a personal driver: tracking attendance, calculating salary, pricing overtime and outstation days, and handling fuel money cleanly.
29 Jun 2026 · 6 min read
5 Ways to Track House Help Attendance — and Which One Actually Works
Memory, wall calendar, notebook, spreadsheet, or app — an honest comparison of the 5 ways households track house help attendance, and where each one breaks.
25 Jun 2026 · 6 min read
Managing Domestic Help in the UAE: Attendance, Salary & Records for Employers
A practical guide for UAE households employing maids, nannies and drivers: keeping attendance and salary records, WPS context, day-off norms, and payslips in AED.
22 Jun 2026 · 6 min read
House Help Salary Slip Format: What to Include (With a Worked Example)
The exact fields every house help salary slip should have: attendance summary, per-day rate, advance deductions, and net payable — with a full worked example.
18 Jun 2026 · 6 min read
How to Track Cash Advances Given to Your Maid or House Help (Without Awkwardness)
A simple system for recording cash advances to domestic staff: log it once, agree the deduction plan, show it on the payslip. Ends the “was it 2,000 or 3,000?” problem.
11 Jun 2026 · 6 min read
The Milk Bill Shouldn't Be a Mystery: Tracking Milk, Newspaper & Daily Delivery Payments
How to track the doodhwala and paperwala like payroll: count delivered days, agree the monthly rate, and settle the month-end bill from a record, not memory.
8 Jun 2026 · 5 min read
Hiring a Maid in India: The Complete 2026 Checklist
Everything to cover when hiring a maid in India: where to find candidates, interview questions, verification, trial period, and the terms to agree in writing.
4 Jun 2026 · 8 min read
How Many Paid Leaves Should You Give Your Maid? A Fair Policy That Works
Most Indian households settle on 2–4 paid leaves a month for domestic help. How to set a fair leave policy, handle festivals and sick days, and do the salary maths.
28 May 2026 · 6 min read
Hired Mid-Month? How to Pro-Rate Your House Help's First Salary Fairly
Your new housekeeper joined on the 18th — what does she get on the 1st? The pro-ration formula for a mid-month joining, with examples and edge cases.
25 May 2026 · 5 min read
Excel vs App: The Best Way to Manage Household Staff in 2026
Spreadsheets can compute maid salaries perfectly — and still fail, because nobody opens Excel at 7 a.m. An honest comparison of Excel vs a staff management app.
21 May 2026 · 6 min read
Managing a Nanny: Attendance, Salary & Overtime Made Simple
How to manage a nanny professionally: tracking attendance and extra hours, calculating salary fairly, handling advances, and keeping the trust that childcare depends on.
14 May 2026 · 7 min read
Why You Should Send Your House Help a WhatsApp Payslip Every Month
A monthly WhatsApp payslip ends salary disputes, creates a record both sides keep, and gives domestic workers documented income. Here’s what it should contain.
7 May 2026 · 5 min read
Managing Household Staff Across Multiple Homes (Your Place, Parents' Place, Rentals)
Paying the maid at your parents’ house and the caretaker at the farmhouse from one phone: how to manage staff across multiple homes without three notebooks.
30 Apr 2026 · 6 min read
How to Keep Good House Help for Years: 9 Retention Habits That Actually Work
Good house help is hard to find and easy to lose. Nine concrete habits — punctual pay, fair leaves, transparent records, real increments — that make staff stay.
23 Apr 2026 · 7 min read
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