Immigration reform and the nanny market

[Anonymous]

How do nannies and/or families who hire them feel about the immigration reform act. We have always hired a legal nanny, and suddenly the nanny market will have many more legal nannies permitted to work in the country. Nannies, do you worry about increased competition? Families who currently pay under the table to illegal nannies, how would you feel if your longtime nanny is here legally?

[Anonymous]

Trolling again. Do you never tire of posting such nonsense?

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:Trolling again. Do you never tire of posting such nonsense?

The immigration reform issue will impact the employment sector, and those jobs not requiring a college education more than others. Like it or not there will be more potential nannies to employee legally, and that will change the market/supply for hiring.

[Anonymous]

I am not worried about myself at all, and am VERY happy for the people who will finally get the legal protection and employment benefits they deserve. There will still be families that try to take advantage, but I see that changing (slowly but surely) over time.

[Anonymous]

If anything, nanny wages will skyrocket. Lots of families will need to take care of their own children.

[Anonymous]

I think its a great thing. Less illegal immigrants undercutting legal nannies agreeing to ridiculous under the table slave wages. I also don't honestly feel like those illegal nannies are my competition. I am a legal, English speaking, educated nanny and the types of families that I typically choose to work with aren't interested in hiring the illegal, broken English nannies even if they do work for next to nothing.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:I think its a great thing. Less illegal immigrants undercutting legal nannies agreeing to ridiculous under the table slave wages. I also don't honestly feel like those illegal nannies are my competition. I am a legal, English speaking, educated nanny and the types of families that I typically choose to work with aren't interested in hiring the illegal, broken English nannies even if they do work for next to nothing.

+1

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:If anything, nanny wages will skyrocket. Lots of families will need to take care of their own children.

I'm not a nanny but I hope, at long last, nannies will be paid what they are worth.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:If anything, nanny wages will skyrocket. Lots of families will need to take care of their own children.

I'm not a nanny but I hope, at long last, nannies will be paid what they are worth.

Yeah, and weed most of those who don't belong.

[Anonymous]

Don't count your chickens before they hatch. Immigration reform is not a done deal.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:Don't count your chickens before they hatch. Immigration reform is not a done deal.

What would you like to see, as it applies to 'domestic help'?

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:If anything, nanny wages will skyrocket. Lots of families will need to take care of their own children.

That is the opposite of what will happen. More families will be asked to pay on the books, which means taxes will have to be taken out, with the nanny receiving less to take home. There will probably be more part-time jobs so employers can avoid paying overtime wages. It will not affect the higher-skilled, more educated nannies, who are already paid on the books and receive higher wages.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:If anything, nanny wages will skyrocket. Lots of families will need to take care of their own children.

Increased supply with no increase in demand typically means lower wages.

I'm not concerned about immigration reform. Good, experienced nannies are still hard to find.

[Anonymous]

If anything, nanny wages will skyrocket. Lots of families will need to take care of their own children.

Agree with others that the opposite will occur in areas like DC where employers pay on the books. I know that when we were hiring there were a few candidates that I really liked but they weren't legal so we had to knock them off our list. The pool of our favorite and legal candidates was therefore smaller. While we weren't looking for a lower rate, if we had been choosing among 6 good legal candidates rather than 3,it would have meant that we could negotiate a lower rate.

It may not affect areas outside of DC where paying nannies under the table is the norm. There is an incentive for the nannies to under report their income to get access to services and take more money home. There is an incentive for employers not to deal with the hassle of taxes and say 7.5%. There is little chance of either side getting caught so I doubt immigration reform will change the market in these areas.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:If anything, nanny wages will skyrocket. Lots of families will need to take care of their own children.

That is the opposite of what will happen. More families will be asked to pay on the books, which means taxes will have to be taken out, with the nanny receiving less to take home. There will probably be more part-time jobs so employers can avoid paying overtime wages. It will not affect the higher-skilled, more educated nannies, who are already paid on the books and receive higher wages.

What makes you think more parents will pay on the books??