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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]Yes.  We use a payroll service.  She even has direct deposit from us.  In DC you may need workers' comp insurance for our housecleaner, too.  We do (and have it).[/quote]
Who told you that? Your payroll service?[/quote]

No.  My insurance agent.  I didn't believe him, so then I looked up the law for myself.  It's pretty scary.  Technically even some occasional babysitters are covered.[/quote]
Oh stop. There's nothing "pretty scary" about the law. What on earth are you talking about?[/quote]

Look it up, PP.  The hours thresholds and dollar amounts that trigger the obligation are shockingly low in DC.  It is very pro-employee.  I find it scary that I would need to add the college girl that sits for us occasionally to our workers' comp policy (at a premium of $500 per year per employee), but maybe you don't.  If you already have a full staff covering 10 people and one more is no skin off your nose, well then bully for you. [/quote]

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