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Understanding Household Employment
Domestic Employee Work Agreement: What to Include and When to Re-visit
The domestic employee work agreement may be the single most important document between your family and worker. It outlines the employment engagement with specific details about compensation, benefits, terms, and more.
Paying “On the Books:” How Your Nanny Benefits from Legal Pay
Your nanny benefits in a number of ways and gains protections when being paid legally. It far outweighs the small amount of money that will be taken out of their pay in taxes each week.
How Tax Reform May Impact Your Family
Recent tax reform made significant changes to income tax rates, exemptions, deductions, credits, and more. Here are the key provisions that may influence your tax liability under the new legislation.
How to a Hire a Senior Caregiver
Looking to hire a senior caregiver for your elderly loved one? Take these steps — from developing a job description to making an offer — to ensure you’re hiring the right candidate.
Infographic: Retaining Your Nanny
You’ve found the perfect nanny for your family. Now you want to do all that you can to retain your nanny. Here are best practices for retention including what a nanny wants to see in a family, how to recognize your nanny with bonuses and benefits, and why nannies want to be paid legally.
5 New Year’s Resolutions to Make Your Life Easier as a Household Employer
Household employers can take these steps to make their lives — and the lives of their workers — easier and improve their work relationship. If you employ a domestic worker like a nanny or senior caregiver, here are five New Year’s resolutions for you.
Infographic: Planning to Hire a Nanny
Planning to hire a nanny? Here’s what other families experience during their search including what they look for in a nanny, time spent on the hiring process, and how they found their nanny.
10 Steps to Preparing Your 2017 Nanny Taxes
Get started now on preparing your nanny taxes. Here are the steps you (or your accountant) need to take when preparing your nanny taxes.
2018 Minimum Wage Increases
This guide shows states and cities with 2018 minimum wage increases.