Anonymous
10/09/2013 09:57
Subject: Illegal questions for nannies...
This makes me angry. Why are we excluded from these laws, if we can all agree they are good laws. Why should we not be protected?
Anonymous
10/09/2013 09:49
Subject: Illegal questions for nannies...
Anonymous wrote:Anonymous wrote:Anonymous wrote:If the nanny is wired, you're nailed. So beware of the "educated" nanny.
Please reference the applicable law. Link.
It'd be much more fun to let illegal questioning run its course, IMO.
Read this: http://www.domesticworkers.org/sites/default/files/Domestic_Worker_Employment_Protections_Federal.pdf
Anonymous
10/09/2013 08:52
Subject: Illegal questions for nannies...
Anonymous wrote:Anonymous wrote:If the nanny is wired, you're nailed. So beware of the "educated" nanny.
Please reference the applicable law. Link.
It'd be much more fun to let illegal questioning run its course, IMO.
Anonymous
10/09/2013 08:42
Subject: Illegal questions for nannies...
Anonymous wrote:If the nanny is wired, you're nailed. So beware of the "educated" nanny.
Please reference the applicable law. Link.
Anonymous
10/09/2013 08:25
Subject: Illegal questions for nannies...
If the nanny is wired, you're nailed. So beware of the "educated" nanny.
Anonymous
10/09/2013 08:00
Subject: Illegal questions for nannies...
Go to domesticworkers.org for the (long) list of federal laws that don't apply to domestic workers. I would copy link here but can't on phone.
So even if you believe that the laws should in theory apply, they just don't.
So even if you believe that the laws should in theory apply, they just don't.
Anonymous
10/09/2013 07:55
Subject: Illegal questions for nannies...
Here's what you are confusing: legality of ASKING questions versus discriminating based on answers. Employers can ask away. Applying anti-discrimination laws to an individual household employer is pretty much non-existent even if the laws in theory apply. See how many successful discrimination cases there are out there against someone who didn't hire a nanny candidate who was in a protected class.
Anonymous
10/09/2013 07:49
Subject: Illegal questions for nannies...
Anonymous wrote:Anonymous wrote:It would be pretty funny if you listed what you thought were illegal questions, only to find out that it is perfectly legal for nanny employers to ask those questions.
The majority of employment law protections related to religion, race, ethnicity, legal status, family/marital status, sexuality, etc. do not apply to household employers. Sorry, but that's the reality of the law. I could ask a potential nanny her country of origin, marital status, plans for childbearing, religious preferences and health history and decline to hire her based on any one of those factors. Maybe not exactly a nice practice, but not illegal.
You are wrong, but nice try.
Show me that you're right. Really. Try it.
Anonymous
10/09/2013 00:11
Subject: Illegal questions for nannies...
Anonymous wrote:It would be pretty funny if you listed what you thought were illegal questions, only to find out that it is perfectly legal for nanny employers to ask those questions.
The majority of employment law protections related to religion, race, ethnicity, legal status, family/marital status, sexuality, etc. do not apply to household employers. Sorry, but that's the reality of the law. I could ask a potential nanny her country of origin, marital status, plans for childbearing, religious preferences and health history and decline to hire her based on any one of those factors. Maybe not exactly a nice practice, but not illegal.
You are wrong, but nice try.
Anonymous
10/09/2013 00:08
Subject: Illegal questions for nannies...
Anonymous wrote:It would be pretty funny if you listed what you thought were illegal questions, only to find out that it is perfectly legal for nanny employers to ask those questions.
The majority of employment law protections related to religion, race, ethnicity, legal status, family/marital status, sexuality, etc. do not apply to household employers. Sorry, but that's the reality of the law. I could ask a potential nanny her country of origin, marital status, plans for childbearing, religious preferences and health history and decline to hire her based on any one of those factors. Maybe not exactly a nice practice, but not illegal.
Link to that law, please.
Anonymous
10/09/2013 00:07
Subject: Illegal questions for nannies...
Anonymous wrote:I have been asked to disclose what medications, if any, I am currently taking and what they are prescribed for. Also, if I have ever been on Welfare, Food Stamps or Social Security?
RED flag boundary issues. They want to know what color your panties are to, but for that they'll wait until you sign a contract... maybe.
Anonymous
10/08/2013 23:32
Subject: Illegal questions for nannies...
Anonymous wrote:I have been asked to disclose what medications, if any, I am currently taking and what they are prescribed for. Also, if I have ever been on Welfare, Food Stamps or Social Security?
What here do you think is illegal?
Anonymous
10/08/2013 23:13
Subject: Illegal questions for nannies...
I have been asked to disclose what medications, if any, I am currently taking and what they are prescribed for. Also, if I have ever been on Welfare, Food Stamps or Social Security?
Anonymous
10/08/2013 22:48
Subject: Illegal questions for nannies...
It would be pretty funny if you listed what you thought were illegal questions, only to find out that it is perfectly legal for nanny employers to ask those questions.
The majority of employment law protections related to religion, race, ethnicity, legal status, family/marital status, sexuality, etc. do not apply to household employers. Sorry, but that's the reality of the law. I could ask a potential nanny her country of origin, marital status, plans for childbearing, religious preferences and health history and decline to hire her based on any one of those factors. Maybe not exactly a nice practice, but not illegal.
The majority of employment law protections related to religion, race, ethnicity, legal status, family/marital status, sexuality, etc. do not apply to household employers. Sorry, but that's the reality of the law. I could ask a potential nanny her country of origin, marital status, plans for childbearing, religious preferences and health history and decline to hire her based on any one of those factors. Maybe not exactly a nice practice, but not illegal.
Anonymous
10/08/2013 22:06
Subject: Illegal questions for nannies...
It'd be pretty funny if nannies came to their interviews, wired, and got a recording of the common illegal questions parents think they can get away with.