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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]Nannies, cleaning ladies, and tutors are not "your" employees. They typically work for a nanny service, cleaning company like merry maids, etc. and you are just the customer.

I work in sales, that's like asking why one of my many clients at work aren't asking for paid leave for me.[/quote]

I'm not their employer.

As a customer, the best I can do is try to vet that the company that I am a client of treats their employees well (which I do).
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Many people hire nannies and cleaning ladies directly. But even if they hire through a company, the person still does work for them. The fact that they receive a paycheck are from someone else is just matter of accounting.

It's just so very interesting that people believe that their company has a moral obligation to pay them maternity leave benefits but then they turn around and deny maternity pay to people who work for them..
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You're being intentionally obtuse.[/quote]

We are not discussing me here :) we are discussing the fact that many people are demanding maternity benefits from their employees when they are not willing to pay a single penny in maternity benefits to people who work for them.  [/quote]

No, you are discussing that without recognizing that few people have full time directly employed household help. Your original list was "nannies, cleaning ladies and tutors." The nanny probably has a contract that spells out what benefits the position has. The cleaning lady is most likely employed by a company who pays her, vs. being paid directly by the people whose homes she cleans (likely once a week or maybe twice a month). She is not a full time employee of those people, nor is the tutor.

It seems that you do not understand how the gig economy works. I'm not saying that it's fantastic or that people working in those jobs don't worry about stuff like maternity leave and disability coverage, but in the same way that companies with only a few employees are not required to provide the benefits you're talking about, private individuals employing individuals in part time capacities are not required to do so either.[/quote]

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