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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]My impression is that there are two completely separate labor markets for nannies in this area.  One labor market consists largely of undocumented women who are paid ridiculously low wages and treated poorly (e.g., if I come home early from work, I send you home and you don't get paid).  The undocumented live-ins are among the worst-treated.  The other labor market consists of nannies that are citizens or have green cards, command wages in the range of $20/hr plus overtime, get paid sick and vacation of several weeks a year, regularly get sent home early when their bosses come home, and do things like run their own errands (post office, shopping, doctor's calls or even visits, etc) while taking care of their charges.  The latter is really not a bad job -- my mom, who had more education and earned less money in a physically demanding position, is always astounded by how easy our nanny has it.  So I don't think you can paint with a broad brush.  
And by the way -- about 88% of the US work force are "at will" employees now -- so we're pretty much all in that particular boat.[/quote]
Most nanny employers have a boatload of expected benefits, which of course they take for granted. The women's rights fight has benefited most women, except their domestic employees.

The irony!
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What benefits?[/quote]

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