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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]Why are you all against an accredited certification program? Part of the reason you see all the bickering on here over rates, and why some people think you can get a good nanny for $15/hour, not pay overtime, or offer any benefits is because there is no certification process to becoming a nanny!

Anyone can call themselves a nanny, which means there are tons of people available for our jobs, which gives employers the opportunity to put us against each other offering as little as possible.

An accredited certification process would separate the warm bodies from the professionals. It'd be like the difference between a licensed home daycare, and an unlicensed place where people store their children for $50 a week. The professional nannies would no longer have to compete with the warm bodies, and we could demand professional rates and treatment.

Yes we can do that now, but it's difficult when there are so many downward pressures in our market. Why would a parent pay $25/hour for a degreed, credentialed, and experienced nanny, when they THINK they can get the same thing for $15, and she'll "teach their kids Spanish" and clean their house?[/quote]

Because we do not need agencies controlling the nannies anymore, when they stop making it about them and their money perhaps I would be open to it. The only thing the INA is showing is that someone can take a test. And I do not think employers will pay more because someone passed a test.  INA should spend more time in helping nannies to get more support in getting payed legally. I actually had an agency ( big INA person ) drop me because I quit a job they placed me in because the employer refused to pay legally, and I even took the job and gave that employer time to set up the taxes. INA start regulating your agencies or better yet get them off the board.[/quote]

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