Anonymous
Post 12/01/2021 22:08     Subject: Cost of living raise

Anonymous wrote:PP here. We use GTM payroll and they offer health insurance plans for nannies. It's legal.



Not what the PP’s were talking about. They are talking about the mother or father putting the nanny on their company’s insurance. That’s illegal.
Anonymous
Post 12/01/2021 18:31     Subject: Cost of living raise

PP here. We use GTM payroll and they offer health insurance plans for nannies. It's legal.
Anonymous
Post 11/18/2021 19:52     Subject: Cost of living raise

Anonymous wrote:
Anonymous wrote:
Anonymous wrote:We are doing a $2 raise (nanny makes $25 currently).

We are also considering ways we can offset other costs for her (add her to our phone plan, move from just an insurance stipend to running her full health care through payroll for the tax free benefit, etc)


Is this legal to put domestic employee on company medical plan?



No. It’s illegal and we got nailed for it. DH owns a small real estate investment company and one of his employees turned us in when she saw our nanny’s name on the insurance roster.


I thought it was illegal. You were cheating and deserved to be nailed.

Anonymous
Post 11/18/2021 15:27     Subject: Cost of living raise

Anonymous wrote:
Anonymous wrote:We are doing a $2 raise (nanny makes $25 currently).

We are also considering ways we can offset other costs for her (add her to our phone plan, move from just an insurance stipend to running her full health care through payroll for the tax free benefit, etc)


Is this legal to put domestic employee on company medical plan?



No. It’s illegal and we got nailed for it. DH owns a small real estate investment company and one of his employees turned us in when she saw our nanny’s name on the insurance roster.
Anonymous
Post 11/18/2021 11:17     Subject: Re:Cost of living raise

Anonymous wrote:
Anonymous wrote:
Anonymous wrote:
Anonymous wrote:
Anonymous wrote:I think we are going to have to go up $2 in January. And yes, explain the when the COL comes back down, we’ll adjust accordingly with the next annual raise.


I don't think that's going to happen.


It always happens. The COL goes up and down based on a number of factors mostly global supply and demand.


The rate of growth slows, but coming down is rare



Not rare at all. Look at lumber prices (sky high and now low). Gas prices will come down and the food prices will. Keep an eye on trades commodities. There will always be inflation (what a dollar was worth fifty years ago vs now) but cost of living definitely fluctuates.


Gas is already coming down
.last week it was $3.29(9) and $3.19(9) yesterday at my local Shell station.

Anonymous
Post 11/18/2021 11:15     Subject: Cost of living raise

Anonymous wrote:We are doing a $2 raise (nanny makes $25 currently).

We are also considering ways we can offset other costs for her (add her to our phone plan, move from just an insurance stipend to running her full health care through payroll for the tax free benefit, etc)


Is this legal to put domestic employee on company medical plan?
Anonymous
Post 11/17/2021 15:29     Subject: Re:Cost of living raise

Anonymous wrote:
Anonymous wrote:
Anonymous wrote:
Anonymous wrote:I think we are going to have to go up $2 in January. And yes, explain the when the COL comes back down, we’ll adjust accordingly with the next annual raise.


I don't think that's going to happen.


It always happens. The COL goes up and down based on a number of factors mostly global supply and demand.


The rate of growth slows, but coming down is rare



Not rare at all. Look at lumber prices (sky high and now low). Gas prices will come down and the food prices will. Keep an eye on trades commodities. There will always be inflation (what a dollar was worth fifty years ago vs now) but cost of living definitely fluctuates.
Anonymous
Post 11/17/2021 10:10     Subject: Re:Cost of living raise

Anonymous wrote:
Anonymous wrote:
Anonymous wrote:I think we are going to have to go up $2 in January. And yes, explain the when the COL comes back down, we’ll adjust accordingly with the next annual raise.


I don't think that's going to happen.


It always happens. The COL goes up and down based on a number of factors mostly global supply and demand.


The rate of growth slows, but coming down is rare
Anonymous
Post 11/17/2021 09:50     Subject: Re:Cost of living raise

Anonymous wrote:
Anonymous wrote:I think we are going to have to go up $2 in January. And yes, explain the when the COL comes back down, we’ll adjust accordingly with the next annual raise.


I don't think that's going to happen.


It always happens. The COL goes up and down based on a number of factors mostly global supply and demand.
Anonymous
Post 11/17/2021 06:53     Subject: Re:Cost of living raise

Anonymous wrote:I think we are going to have to go up $2 in January. And yes, explain the when the COL comes back down, we’ll adjust accordingly with the next annual raise.


I don't think that's going to happen.
Anonymous
Post 11/16/2021 22:49     Subject: Re:Cost of living raise

Yes. DH isn’t in finance and always ties nanny’s annual raise to COL index and merit.
Anonymous
Post 11/16/2021 12:37     Subject: Re:Cost of living raise

I think we are going to have to go up $2 in January. And yes, explain the when the COL comes back down, we’ll adjust accordingly with the next annual raise.
Anonymous
Post 11/16/2021 11:48     Subject: Cost of living raise

We are doing a $2 raise (nanny makes $25 currently).

We are also considering ways we can offset other costs for her (add her to our phone plan, move from just an insurance stipend to running her full health care through payroll for the tax free benefit, etc)
Anonymous
Post 11/16/2021 10:16     Subject: Cost of living raise

How much are you increasing your nanny’s hourly rate with inflation at 6%? Do you raise more when it’s high and less the following year when it decreases? Our nanny is at $27 an hour (after three years and the $1 usual raise doesn’t even cover inflation much less merit increase this year.