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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]We gave our nanny a $5,000 signing bonus for the month before my due date.  I delivered early and we started her regular hourly wage when she started (day after I came home from the hospital).  She was just too good to potentially lose.  She’s been our nanny for close to seven years. [/quote]

this is backwards. if you didn’t want to lose her, you should have started her FT employment early or given her a retention bonus. [/quote]

How could we have started her early when she had no baby to nanny?!  And the signing bonus was the retention bonus.  [/quote]

The $5k signing bonus was really a retention bonus, and that works to hold a month.  She could have started early and helped set up the nursery.[/quote]

I didn’t need help setting up the nursery and whatever on the retention/holding holding bonus.  We gave her 5K when she signed her contract and her starting date was the day I brought the baby home (which turned out to be three weeks).  The day she started working, we started her hourly wage.

Why are you trying to bust my balls on this?  We were fair, considerate, and have a wonderful nanny.  [/quote]

Sounds like you paid her the equivalent to her wage, so that’s fine. I still don’t get why you think a signing bonus is better than just putting her on the payroll,   but you do you. [/quote]

Because it’s not payroll.  Jesus...[/quote]

DP. It actually IS payroll and you and the nanny owed payroll taxes on it.[/quote]

WHO CARES?  The nanny got five grand for doing nothing for three weeks and is apparently happy.  [/quote]

right - she was happy because she got the equivalent of her weekly wage. the point is you can’t “secure” a nanny without paying her wage or the equivalent. and yes, it’s taxable. as long as OP doesn’t think she can cheap out, fine. [/quote]

Who the f are you?  Why are you so invested in this?  Are you a nanny?  And what’s wrong with your caps button?

Who are you to decide what’s “fine”?  [/quote]

Someone who thinks nannies should be paid fairly. It’s funny you’re so defensive about that. Tip: if you’re going to hire a nanny, it’s best not to nickle and dime. That’s not the way to create a long-term good relationship. [/quote]

NP here.  I think everyone is puzzled because 5k IS fair - actually on the high side.  Especially for just a three week hold.  PP didn’t need the nanny to do set up work on the nursery and said the nanny was happy.  [/quote]

NP.  5k is totally fair. But it’s also payroll and taxable. Which the PP seems to be oddly defensive about.

To the inevitable “who cares?” posters, I don’t care at all, just don’t think the OP should be given bad advice when it comes to paying her nanny with regard to taxes. Give her all the bonuses you want, but please, please pay payroll taxes. It is the law and it protects you and the nanny. [/quote]

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