Nanny benefits?

[Anonymous]

Do we have to give the Nannie benefit by law? My nannie is really good we pay her 20$ an hour for our twins we really love her but she is asking for benefits. We gave her 5 sick days pay and 2 weeks paid vacation. Please any advice?

[Anonymous]

No there are no legal requirements to provide benefits. These are all negotiable. Nannies should negotiate these upfront. Be cautious if you are overpaying your nanny and she is asking for more. Some nannies are manipulative and she is testing you to see how much she can get out of you now that she knows you like her. Happens all the time. If you don't say no, there will be request after request.

[Anonymous]

What benefits is she asking for in addition to the 15 days PTO you mention above?

[Anonymous]

Op here she said she will appreciate if she can get help with insurance or transportation.

[Anonymous]

Medical insurance deductions are tax free. You could offer to deduct a payment towards her health insurance from her paycheck. It's a cost savings to both of you.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:No there are no legal requirements to provide benefits. These are all negotiable. Nannies should negotiate these upfront. Be cautious if you are overpaying your nanny and she is asking for more. Some nannies are manipulative and she is testing you to see how much she can get out of you now that she knows you like her. Happens all the time. If you don't say no, there will be request after request.

Which benefits/wages did you fanagle out of your manipulated boss?

[Anonymous]

Do you have any health insurance, OP?

[Anonymous]

Transportation to/from work? Or transportation costs during her working hours?

You are not legally obligated to help with her health insurance but it is tax deductible for you and don't you want this woman to have decent health care?

After the ACA goes into effect tomorrow, my monthly premiums will be $323/month. My employers pay $150/month towards my insurance so yes, I still pay an enormous amount, but their contribution means a lot to me and I know they care about me keeping healthy. Those kinds of gestures can make a big difference psychologically, even if the financial impact is minor. Offer her $100/month towards her insurance and I bet she'll be thrilled.

[Anonymous]

What are you complaining about, OP? If she's as fabulous as you say, my god, you should be kissing her feet! What the matter with you? If you can't afford it, just tell her. Is that the case?

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:What are you complaining about, OP? If she's as fabulous as you say, my god, you should be kissing her feet! What the matter with you? If you can't afford it, just tell her. Is that the case?

What's

[Anonymous]

You are doing just fine, OP. you are already offering benefits in PTO.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:You are doing just fine, OP. you are already offering benefits in PTO.

When her nanny gets a better offer, she will no longer be doing so fine, will she? But why would you care about her poor child?

[Anonymous]

It is in very bad faith for her to ask for this AFTER starting. Fine to negotiate up front - bad sign to ask after starting. I would not agree to it and would be cautious about her moving forward unless it is at the 1 year mark and that is why she is asking.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:It is in very bad faith for her to ask for this AFTER starting. Fine to negotiate up front - bad sign to ask after starting. I would not agree to it and would be cautious about her moving forward unless it is at the 1 year mark and that is why she is asking.

You know that most novice nannies don't know much about commonplace compensation packages. How would they? Verifiable resources don't exist unfortunately, not even for career nannies. Everything you might find is "self-reported". Employers may under-report the total benefits package they're paying the nanny, while nannies may over-report. No one knows the truth, not to mention how much is still completely unreported, especially with undocumented immigrant domestic workers.

Nannies are prime targets for abuse behind closed doors. No one sees what's really going on. It isn't until they learn the ropes, and the laws, that they find out they've been duped into an abusive employment relationship. And you're suddenly looking for another nanny, yet again....

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:It is in very bad faith for her to ask for this AFTER starting. Fine to negotiate up front - bad sign to ask after starting. I would not agree to it and would be cautious about her moving forward unless it is at the 1 year mark and that is why she is asking.

You know that most novice nannies don't know much about commonplace compensation packages. How would they? Verifiable resources don't exist unfortunately, not even for career nannies. Everything you might find is "self-reported". Employers may under-report the total benefits package they're paying the nanny, while nannies may over-report. No one knows the truth, not to mention how much is still completely unreported, especially with undocumented immigrant domestic workers.

Nannies are prime targets for abuse behind closed doors. No one sees what's really going on. It isn't until they learn the ropes, and the laws, that they find out they've been duped into an abusive employment relationship. And you're suddenly looking for another nanny, yet again....

Yes because it's "abusive" to pay the nanny a decent salary with PTO and sick days but not pay for health insurance. Perhaps you should look up the definition of abusive.