Nannies....

[Anonymous]

I’m going to seek legal advice, but I’m pretty sure families who arrange nanny shares are still required to pay minimum wage. Although it’s a joint arrangement, you still have 2 employers who report/file separately and they (by law) should be paying their employees the minimum wage. I think we get so wrapped up in $25/hour for shares in the DMV area (which isn’t a lot), but the reality is you have 2 jobs, 2 paystubs, receive two w-2’s at the end of the year, so each family should be paying at least minimum wage.


I’ll be back with an update!

[Anonymous]

No, that is not true. If your total hourly wage meets minimum wage requirements, they are following the law. Remember, they are SHARING your hourly wage (your not working separate hours for each family) and they are in compliance with IRS guidelines paying under MW as long as your total hourly equals MW. But you can certainly make your own rate $15/hour per family!

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:No, that is not true. If your total hourly wage meets minimum wage requirements, they are following the law. Remember, they are SHARING your hourly wage (your not working separate hours for each family) and they are in compliance with IRS guidelines paying under MW as long as your total hourly equals MW. But you can certainly make your own rate $15/hour per family!

But on paper no one knows that but you and your NF. So to the IRS, you have 2 separate jobs “hence” why each family has to register for an EIN and the employee has to fill out two w-4 forms for each employer.

[Anonymous]

Are you trying to get fired?

You can literally just Google the rule and discover that you are wrong; you’re not getting $30/hr.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:No, that is not true. If your total hourly wage meets minimum wage requirements, they are following the law. Remember, they are SHARING your hourly wage (your not working separate hours for each family) and they are in compliance with IRS guidelines paying under MW as long as your total hourly equals MW. But you can certainly make your own rate $15/hour per family!

Exactly. Look up 29 CFR 791.2 and it says “ the employer and joint employers may take credit toward minimum wage and overtime requirements for all payments made to the employee by the employer and any joint employers.”
But again, you can always set your rate to $30/hr if you want, it’s just not a min wage issue.

[Anonymous]

Nope. You have to be making minimum wage combined, not per family. I've called the IRS about this myself.


-25 year nanny tax accountant

[Anonymous]

By this logic, a daycare worker should be getting 15x the number of kids they supervise. Sorry, nanny.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:By this logic, a daycare worker should be getting 15x the number of kids they supervise. Sorry, nanny.

False analogy.

The daycare is the employer, not the individual parents. In a share, the parents are the employers.

However, it's still not illegal.

[Anonymous]

It’s not illegal but OP if you want $30/hour for a share, just say that is your rate. If potential clients pass then I guess it’s just not the right fit. Given the hourly rates often quoted on this board, it should be fairly easy to find $30/hour gigs...

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:It’s not illegal but OP if you want $30/hour for a share, just say that is your rate. If potential clients pass then I guess it’s just not the right fit. Given the hourly rates often quoted on this board, it should be fairly easy to find $30/hour gigs...

piece of cake, lol

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:By this logic, a daycare worker should be getting 15x the number of kids they supervise. Sorry, nanny.

False analogy.

The daycare is the employer, not the individual parents. In a share, the parents are the employers.

However, it's still not illegal.

The daycare is the "middleman" employer, the parents are still footing the bill.

The law is not focused on how much employers need to pay, but, rather reasonably, on how much a person requires to have a living a wage. In DC, that's $15 per hour.

[Anonymous]

families should be paying two/thirds of what the nanny rate is, that way family gets a discount and nannies get a slight raise. there is no way i would be okay with two separate paystubs that say $7.50 at this point in my work-life. If you can't afford to pay equal or more than what the average nanny costs in dc ($18/hr) than send them to daycare.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:Are you trying to get fired?

You can literally just Google the rule and discover that you are wrong; you’re not getting $30/hr.

I get 30/hr for one infant. - new poster

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:Are you trying to get fired?

You can literally just Google the rule and discover that you are wrong; you’re not getting $30/hr.

I get 30/hr for one infant. - new poster

Lucky you I only get 25$ for 1 infant

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:families should be paying two/thirds of what the nanny rate is, that way family gets a discount and nannies get a slight raise. there is no way i would be okay with two separate paystubs that say $7.50 at this point in my work-life. If you can't afford to pay equal or more than what the average nanny costs in dc ($18/hr) than send them to daycare.

You only get 1 pay stub? I’ve done a couple shares and I always got 2 and that is through payroll. I have nanny friends that also receive 2 paystubs; one family uses a payroll system and the other does it themselves.