High school graduate can watch kids - what rate is fair

[Anonymous]

$15 to $20 depending on the number of hours.

And wtf about you needing to make sure she gets unemployment? How is that even this person's concern in the least? This person is 18, living at home, going to college. He/she doesn't need unemployment money.

smh. this town never ceases to amaze me.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:$16-18 is reasonable for a high school graduate.

Only if she is undocumented. A babysitter has the same responsibility of a nanny.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:$15 to $20 depending on the number of hours.

And wtf about you needing to make sure she gets unemployment? How is that even this person's concern in the least? This person is 18, living at home, going to college. He/she doesn't need unemployment money.

smh. this town never ceases to amaze me.

Whether she needs it or not, legally, OP is required to do taxes and pay unemployment insurance.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:$15 to $20 depending on the number of hours.

And wtf about you needing to make sure she gets unemployment? How is that even this person's concern in the least? This person is 18, living at home, going to college. He/she doesn't need unemployment money.

smh. this town never ceases to amaze me.

Whether she needs it or not, legally, OP is required to do taxes and pay unemployment insurance.

This. Check the IRS code. If you are paying her 30-40 hours per week you will quickly meet the threshold for legally requiring to pay unemployment and do taxes.

[Anonymous]

We had a friend fined I think $4000 -$5000 in penalties by the IRS and also had to pay back taxes for paying a caregiver in cash.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:Op again

She wants cash and even if the kids go back hybrid we would keep her for the days they are home so she wouldn't be without the work unless she wanted to.

Do not pay under the table. Pay legally. If you don't it can come back to bite you. Among other things, you cannot take off on your taxes if you don't bpay legally!

[Anonymous]

Please pay legally. To the asshole who says she doesn’t need unemployment because she lives at home—I hope you don’t have a nanny you’re paying under the table.

[Anonymous]

$15 an hour. They'll be occupied and she'll be doing a whole lot of nothing. My kids did online classes last spring and our nanny barely did anything all morning.