Jan 21, 2020 | Household Payroll & Taxes, Tax & Wage Laws
Hired a nanny or someone else to work in your home? You may have a household employment tax obligation and need to file Schedule H with your personal tax return. Here is everything you need to know including when you need to file, how to prepare, and more.
Jan 8, 2020 | Domestic Workers' Rights, Employee Health Benefits, Household Employee Management, Tax & Wage Laws
From rising minimum wage rates to expanding domestic worker protections to new health benefits, here are 9 developments in household employment for 2020 that families with domestic help should know.
Dec 30, 2019 | Household Payroll & Taxes, Tax & Wage Laws
Who will find out if you don’t pay nanny taxes? There a number of ways to easily get caught. And, in the end, you’ll wind up paying more in fines and penalties than in the actual tax responsibility you chose to ignore.
Dec 20, 2019 | Domestic Workers' Rights, Labor Laws, Tax & Wage Laws
A recent court ruling means au pairs in Massachusetts must be paid at least the state’s minimum wage rate and time-and-a-half for overtime among other domestic worker protections. Here’s what host families in the state should do now considering the court’s decision.
Dec 20, 2019 | Domestic Workers' Rights, Household Employee Management, Labor Laws
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.
Dec 12, 2019 | Domestic Workers' Rights, Tax & Wage Laws
Our state-by-state guide to 2020 minimum wage rates will help ensure you’re following the law when paying your household employee.