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2019 Household Employment Compliance Year in Review
Across the country, states and cities enacted a number of laws – from minimum wage increases to paid family and medical leave to domestic worker protections – that had significant impacts on the household employment industry. Here are 11 of the biggest household employment compliance highlights from 2019.
State-by-State Guide to 2020 Minimum Wage Rates
Our state-by-state guide to 2020 minimum wage rates will help ensure you’re following the law when paying your household employee.
Behind on Your Nanny Tax Obligations? Here’s How to Get Caught Up.
Employed a household employee like a nanny, housekeeper or in-home senior caregiver this year? Put off your nanny tax obligations? With tax time fast approaching, tax forms and filings will be due soon. Here’s how to get caught up when you’re behind on your nanny taxes.
7 Employment Laws New York Household Employers Need to Know for 2020
From protecting employee medical privacy to domestic violence victim leave, several new employment laws will go into effect in New York at various points in the new year. Household employers will need to comply with these seven new laws.
18 Community Service Ideas for Volunteering as a Family
It doesn’t matter the ages of your children. You’re never too young to volunteer. There are plenty of age-appropriate ways to give back to your community as a family and reap the benefits of volunteering.
Family Sued; Ordered to Pay $74K in Back Wages
A California family was sued for not properly paying their live-in caregiver. The case shows how risky and costly it can be to ignore or not understand domestic employment laws and failing to have a work agreement in place that spells out an employee’s hourly rate, overtime rate, and schedule.
ICHRA: A New Health Benefit Option for Household Employees
An ICHRA is a new type of HRA that provides tax-free reimbursements for employees and unlimited contributions for employers. Here’s how they work and what it means for families with household help who wish to provide health benefit options.
Philadelphia Extends Labor Protections to Household Employees
Philadelphia’s City Council recently passed what is considered some of the strongest domestic worker protections in the country for the city’s 16,000 household employees. The law is scheduled to go into effect in May 2020. Here is what the legislation includes.
Nanny Tax Threshold Increases for 2020
The Social Security Administration recently released its 2020 Employment Coverage Threshold for household employees. Next year’s coverage threshold increases by $100 to $2,200.
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