Illegal questions for nannies...

[Anonymous]

If you're coming to interview with me and you're wearing a wire because you're presuming I'm going to ask illegal questions and you will then be prepared to follow up w/ legal action, you can be damn sure we're not a fit.

We're done before I've even asked if you'd like a glass of water.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:If you're coming to interview with me and you're wearing a wire because you're presuming I'm going to ask illegal questions and you will then be prepared to follow up w/ legal action, you can be damn sure we're not a fit.

We're done before I've even asked if you'd like a glass of water.

The wire doesn't exactly get wrapped around her forehead, FYI.

[Anonymous]

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Anonymous wrote:If you're coming to interview with me and you're wearing a wire because you're presuming I'm going to ask illegal questions and you will then be prepared to follow up w/ legal action, you can be damn sure we're not a fit.

We're done before I've even asked if you'd like a glass of water.

The wire doesn't exactly get wrapped around her forehead, FYI.

Thanks for that bit of enlightenment.

[Anonymous]

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Anonymous wrote:If you're coming to interview with me and you're wearing a wire because you're presuming I'm going to ask illegal questions and you will then be prepared to follow up w/ legal action, you can be damn sure we're not a fit.

We're done before I've even asked if you'd like a glass of water.

The wire doesn't exactly get wrapped around her forehead, FYI.

Thanks for that bit of enlightenment.

Also, you realize this is kind of a grey area in the law but if you wear a wire when you go into someone's home and you don't have their permission to record them it may not be admissible in court anyway so what would you do with it?

[Anonymous]

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Anonymous wrote:If you're coming to interview with me and you're wearing a wire because you're presuming I'm going to ask illegal questions and you will then be prepared to follow up w/ legal action, you can be damn sure we're not a fit.

We're done before I've even asked if you'd like a glass of water.

The wire doesn't exactly get wrapped around her forehead, FYI.

Thanks for that bit of enlightenment.

Also, you realize this is kind of a grey area in the law but if you wear a wire when you go into someone's home and you don't have their permission to record them it may not be admissible in court anyway so what would you do with it?

Hopefully you don't need to worry about that, do you?

[Anonymous]

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Anonymous wrote:If you're coming to interview with me and you're wearing a wire because you're presuming I'm going to ask illegal questions and you will then be prepared to follow up w/ legal action, you can be damn sure we're not a fit.

We're done before I've even asked if you'd like a glass of water.

The wire doesn't exactly get wrapped around her forehead, FYI.

Thanks for that bit of enlightenment.

Also, you realize this is kind of a grey area in the law but if you wear a wire when you go into someone's home and you don't have their permission to record them it may not be admissible in court anyway so what would you do with it?

Hopefully you don't need to worry about that, do you?

I already have a fantastic nanny and I'm not hiring so no I don't need to worry about it. I also don't care about nannies religion, race etc. I didn't even know the exact age of our current nanny before we hired her because it didn't matter to me. I was simply pointing out to all the nannies discussing wearing a wire that it's not so simple as recording someone and then suing them. If you met in a public place you might be able to do it but in someone's home there is an expectation of privacy so a judge probably wouldn't allow it.

And by the way, it's not only nannies who have to deal with these kinds of issues. My first job interview out of school I was asked how soon I planned to have children. I was a newlywed and said we really hadn't decided yet. A year later when I was pregnant they asked me if it had been planned (it was) and shortly after that I was let go. So it happens in all sorts of professions.

[Anonymous]

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Anonymous wrote:If you're coming to interview with me and you're wearing a wire because you're presuming I'm going to ask illegal questions and you will then be prepared to follow up w/ legal action, you can be damn sure we're not a fit.

We're done before I've even asked if you'd like a glass of water.

The wire doesn't exactly get wrapped around her forehead, FYI.

Thanks for that bit of enlightenment.

Also, you realize this is kind of a grey area in the law but if you wear a wire when you go into someone's home and you don't have their permission to record them it may not be admissible in court anyway so what would you do with it?

Hopefully you don't need to worry about that, do you?

I already have a fantastic nanny and I'm not hiring so no I don't need to worry about it. I also don't care about nannies religion, race etc. I didn't even know the exact age of our current nanny before we hired her because it didn't matter to me. I was simply pointing out to all the nannies discussing wearing a wire that it's not so simple as recording someone and then suing them. If you met in a public place you might be able to do it but in someone's home there is an expectation of privacy so a judge probably wouldn't allow it.

And by the way, it's not only nannies who have to deal with these kinds of issues. My first job interview out of school I was asked how soon I planned to have children. I was a newlywed and said we really hadn't decided yet. A year later when I was pregnant they asked me if it had been planned (it was) and shortly after that I was let go. So it happens in all sorts of professions.

Whoa! Is that legal?? Was the reason because you "lied"?

[Anonymous]

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Anonymous wrote:If you're coming to interview with me and you're wearing a wire because you're presuming I'm going to ask illegal questions and you will then be prepared to follow up w/ legal action, you can be damn sure we're not a fit.

We're done before I've even asked if you'd like a glass of water.

The wire doesn't exactly get wrapped around her forehead, FYI.

Thanks for that bit of enlightenment.

Also, you realize this is kind of a grey area in the law but if you wear a wire when you go into someone's home and you don't have their permission to record them it may not be admissible in court anyway so what would you do with it?

Hopefully you don't need to worry about that, do you?

I already have a fantastic nanny and I'm not hiring so no I don't need to worry about it. I also don't care about nannies religion, race etc. I didn't even know the exact age of our current nanny before we hired her because it didn't matter to me. I was simply pointing out to all the nannies discussing wearing a wire that it's not so simple as recording someone and then suing them. If you met in a public place you might be able to do it but in someone's home there is an expectation of privacy so a judge probably wouldn't allow it.

And by the way, it's not only nannies who have to deal with these kinds of issues. My first job interview out of school I was asked how soon I planned to have children. I was a newlywed and said we really hadn't decided yet. A year later when I was pregnant they asked me if it had been planned (it was) and shortly after that I was let go. So it happens in all sorts of professions.

Whoa! Is that legal?? Was the reason because you "lied"?

They claimed it was because of "financial difficulty" which to be fair they were having financial problems but until I told them I was pregnant they were willing to work with me. Once I told them I was pregnant they started acting really different towards me and clearly were not happy I was pregnant. Then they let me go shortly after. At first they told me I was wonderful and it wasn't my fault, they just couldn't afford to pay my salary anymore. Then when I tried to collect unemployment they started trying to blame it on me and claim I hadn't fulfilled some duties outlined in my contract. It wasn't true and I still got unemployment.

[Anonymous]

You can check your state laws for audio taping. Often only one party (the nanny, not you) needs to be aware of it.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:You can check your state laws for audio taping. Often only one party (the nanny, not you) needs to be aware of it.

Going back to the original point...there are no "illegal questions" to be caught on this super-secret nanny wire. So what again would Wired Nanny hope to accomplish?

[Anonymous]

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Anonymous wrote:You can check your state laws for audio taping. Often only one party (the nanny, not you) needs to be aware of it.

Going back to the original point...there are no "illegal questions" to be caught on this super-secret nanny wire. So what again would Wired Nanny hope to accomplish?

Source link?

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:You can check your state laws for audio taping. Often only one party (the nanny, not you) needs to be aware of it.

Going back to the original point...there are no "illegal questions" to be caught on this super-secret nanny wire. So what again would Wired Nanny hope to accomplish?

I agree but just to clarify the PPs information it's true in most states it's not illegal to record someone as long as 1 party involved gives consent, however, that still doesn't make it admissible in court. It might be but as previously said if the other party had a reasonable expectation of privacy (ie conversation takes place in their house vs a public place) it often can't be used in court. But also, FYI,Maryland is one of the states that requires BOTH parties approval for recording so in Maryland it would actually be illegal to wear a wire. In Virginia and DC I believe it is not illegal.

[Anonymous]

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Anonymous wrote:You can check your state laws for audio taping. Often only one party (the nanny, not you) needs to be aware of it.

Going back to the original point...there are no "illegal questions" to be caught on this super-secret nanny wire. So what again would Wired Nanny hope to accomplish?

Source link?

What source would you like me to link in order to prove a negative? How 'bout you link to an actual law that specifies illegal questions? That should keep you busy for a good long while as no such law exists.

[Anonymous]

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Anonymous wrote:You can check your state laws for audio taping. Often only one party (the nanny, not you) needs to be aware of it.

Going back to the original point...there are no "illegal questions" to be caught on this super-secret nanny wire. So what again would Wired Nanny hope to accomplish?

Source link?

What source would you like me to link in order to prove a negative? How 'bout you link to an actual law that specifies illegal questions? That should keep you busy for a good long while as no such law exists.

Someone already posted a link earlier, go back and look at the PPs to find it.

[Anonymous]

You do understand that the courts have a lot more pressing matters to deal with than your allegedly secret recordings of allegedly illegal questions that have no actual consequences, right?