Unemployment for Nannies

[Anonymous]

At what point will you have your nanny file for unemployment? We’ve been paying our nanny for three weeks now without having her work. I want to make sure she and her family have income throughout this pandemic, but it’s a huge expense for not getting the intended help with a toddler, newborn, and the house. We have the means to pay but I’m curious how other families are handling this.

[Anonymous]

Most Nannies would not be eligible to file for unemployment benefits because most people who hire nannies don’t pay into it. I hope that people who blithely let their nannies and other in home providers go realize this.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:Most Nannies would not be eligible to file for unemployment benefits because most people who hire nannies don’t pay into it. I hope that people who blithely let their nannies and other in home providers go realize this.

OP here - We pay our nanny on the books, but she has only been with us since the beginning of the year. I think there’s a requirement that the employee has worked one quarter to be eligible for unemployment but need to do more research if we go this route. I assume we won’t be able to have her come back for months. If it were a couple more weeks, I would just keep paying to avoid the bureaucracy.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:Most Nannies would not be eligible to file for unemployment benefits because most people who hire nannies don’t pay into it. I hope that people who blithely let their nannies and other in home providers go realize this.

OP here - We pay our nanny on the books, but she has only been with us since the beginning of the year. I think there’s a requirement that the employee has worked one quarter to be eligible for unemployment but need to do more research if we go this route. I assume we won’t be able to have her come back for months. If it were a couple more weeks, I would just keep paying to avoid the bureaucracy.

Awesome! Sorry I don’t know more. Also PLEASE know that my comment re: “people who blithely let their nannies go” was a general comment and not intended in any way for you. (Sorry - I didn’t realize how that could sound until I read your reply). So far I haven’t found specific info re: length of employment, and I’m wondering if the best info would be through your state bureau of labor?

[Anonymous]

If she is eligible, let her apply. It’s good that you have been paying her on the books.

[Anonymous]

NP here with related question: our nanny took a new position two months ago but now has filed for unemployment. She told us she hadn’t worked for the new family for long enough for her to get benefits via their employment so she put us down and her end date with us as her termination date. Will we need to do anything? We want to help her any way we can. We did pay her on the books. Can anyone explain to me how her be benefits are calculated? Is it average income over X period of time prior to termination?

[Anonymous]

How long can nannies get unemployment benefits? If this goes on for 6 months let’s say - can they get benefits the whole time?

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:Most Nannies would not be eligible to file for unemployment benefits because most people who hire nannies don’t pay into it. I hope that people who blithely let their nannies and other in home providers go realize this.

OP here - We pay our nanny on the books, but she has only been with us since the beginning of the year. I think there’s a requirement that the employee has worked one quarter to be eligible for unemployment but need to do more research if we go this route. I assume we won’t be able to have her come back for months. If it were a couple more weeks, I would just keep paying to avoid the bureaucracy.

This requirement is waived due to COVID.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:NP here with related question: our nanny took a new position two months ago but now has filed for unemployment. She told us she hadn’t worked for the new family for long enough for her to get benefits via their employment so she put us down and her end date with us as her termination date. Will we need to do anything? We want to help her any way we can. We did pay her on the books. Can anyone explain to me how her be benefits are calculated? Is it average income over X period of time prior to termination?

I recommend not lying to the unemployment bureau who will call you. Just stick to the facts: “her end date was X”. Don’t volunteer information.

I also think that these are not normal times, so she can probably collect anyway and I can’t imagine the unemployment people have time to call everyone.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:NP here with related question: our nanny took a new position two months ago but now has filed for unemployment. She told us she hadn’t worked for the new family for long enough for her to get benefits via their employment so she put us down and her end date with us as her termination date. Will we need to do anything? We want to help her any way we can. We did pay her on the books. Can anyone explain to me how her be benefits are calculated? Is it average income over X period of time prior to termination?

I recommend not lying to the unemployment bureau who will call you. Just stick to the facts: “her end date was X”. Don’t volunteer information.

I also think that these are not normal times, so she can probably collect anyway and I can’t imagine the unemployment people have time to call everyone.

Does anyone else have actual info on this? This comment above isn’t informative. I certainly didn’t intend to insinuate I would lie! There’s absolutely no wrongdoing here - just honest questions about how this works.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:Most Nannies would not be eligible to file for unemployment benefits because most people who hire nannies don’t pay into it. I hope that people who blithely let their nannies and other in home providers go realize this.

OP here - We pay our nanny on the books, but she has only been with us since the beginning of the year. I think there’s a requirement that the employee has worked one quarter to be eligible for unemployment but need to do more research if we go this route. I assume we won’t be able to have her come back for months. If it were a couple more weeks, I would just keep paying to avoid the bureaucracy.

This requirement is waived due to COVID.

I’ve heard this too - can you help me find a source?