A nanny is free to ask for two weeks' notice before being fired, and if the employer does not want to contract to do that, the nanny can look elsewhere for work.
Yesterday Solicitor Geoffrey Bindman, representing Amnesty International and others, wrote to Mr Straw asking for advance notice of the decision.
Activists have asked for advance notice before prosecutors announce whether a Ferguson police officer will face charges in the shooting death of Michael Brown, saying they can help prevent widespread violence if they have 48 hours to prepare for protests.
The good news is that the 1998 Data Protection Act, which comes into force in October next year, will give you more rights to challenge anything held about you - by asking for a "notice of dispute" - and will restrict the automatic right of the agencies to use third-party information.
According to the California Law Review, Central Americans "began walking up to Border Patrol agents in Eagle Pass and asking for a Notice to Appear, which they sometimes referred to as a 'permiso' (or permit)." That was eight years before DACA, so it's fairly certain that the policy isn't behind the "permiso" phenomenon.
Use your imagination and craft a creative description of your job that will make the person you are talking with take notice, ask for more information and become more interested in you.
Polite notices ask for consideration of the neighbors.
Seven years, and several jobs, later and I rarely complain instead, I panic whenever I have to ask for help or someone notices I've made a mistake.
The LGA said some schools had asked for warning notices about neknominate to be put on noticeboards and read out at assemblies.
People are bound to notice and ask for them.
