New York’s new rules for paying home healthcare employees now requires that those employees be paid for all hours in a client’s home in a 24-hour period, including sleep and meal periods.
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Tax & Wage Laws
Follow These 14 Steps to Ensure Nanny Tax and Labor Law Compliance
Although paying “off the books” gives the employee more income and saves families from the extra paperwork, it is illegal and can make you liable for unpaid taxes, interest, and penalties. Follow these 14 steps to nanny tax compliance to ensure you are following employment laws.
Employee vs. Independent Contractor: Classifying Your Nanny
For household employers, worker classification refers to whether a worker is classified as an employee vs. independent contractor for federal and state employment tax purposes.
Hiring a Foreign Domestic Worker: Q&A for Household Employers
The following questions and answers will help ensure household employers know more about the employment of a foreign domestic worker.
Paying Home Care Workers Checklist
Following the Department of Labor’s publication of the Home Care Final Rule in 2015, many employers still have questions about the rules for paying home care workers legally.
California Wage Order 15 Amended to Include Overtime Pay for Personal Attendants
As part of the state’s Domestic Workers’ Bill of Rights legislation, California Wage Order 15, which had previously exempted personal attendants from overtime pay, was amended to remove this exemption and now requires personal attendants be paid overtime compensation at one and one-half times the employees’ regular rate of pay.
Is it Mandatory for Household Employees to Sign Timesheets?
While it is not madatory to sign timesheets, we recommend that employees acknowledge that their time records are accurate, either by signing them or by some other submission and acknowledgment method or technology.
4 Ways Anyone – Not Just Government Employees – Can Get Caught Not Paying Nanny Taxes
Even if you’re not being questioned by a Senate panel, you can still be exposed for paying under the table. Here are some examples of why paying nanny taxes is not just for government officials, and how anyone can be exposed for breaking the law.
New Form I-9 is now Mandatory for Employers to Use
The new Form I-9—the form used to verify the identity and employment authorization of all individuals hired for employment in the United States – was released on November 14, 2016. Here are some of the most common Form I-9 FAQs we’ve received.
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