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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]You told me you hoped to have children of your own. Sorry but I'm looking for a long term nanny, if this isn't going to be your main focus we won't work out.[/quote]

This is why I don't like to hire women in my under 50 employees company.   You do not do your job and spend all your time on the phone obsessing about your brats. [/quote]
Not only is this illegal (see the Civil Rights Act of 1964 and the Age Discrimination in Employment Act), but it's disgusting. Especially since I'm sure the majority of posters chiming in that they don't hire women because they could get pregnant have benefited in the workplace from these very protections.[/quote]

While this may be disgusting it is not illegal.

Almost all of the laws on discrimination and employment do NOT apply to Household Employers.  The reason is the laws define an employer by the number of employees they have.  If you don't meet the definition on an employer according to the law, the law doesn't apply to you.  Since most household employers only employ 1 or 2 people, the laws don't apply to them.

I wish more nannies would do their research and know their rights before always shouting out "that's illegal" when these types of discussions come up.  [/quote]

I'm the PP - not a nanny, but a mom who is looking to hire a nanny in the coming months. You're sadly correct - I looked up DC's Human Rights Act of 1977 and it excludes household employers (but actually not any other employer who employs even just 1 employee, making it unique in the nation).

That doesn't negate the point that women are able to go to return to work because of the protections enumerated above, and yet women on this board admit they discriminate against women based solely on their age. Whatever happened to standing up for women in the workplace??[/quote]

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