Nannies should have to have a license. This would weed out illegals. Anyone hiring an illegal, or paying under the table to a legal, should be fined a year of employer salary and a 6 month jail term.

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Anonymous wrote:OP is a troll. If you google her term, here is what you get.

http://www.law.unc.edu/documents/clinicalprograms/domesticworkersreport.pdf

This definition of domestic worker has absolutely nothing to do with live out, legal nannies.

EVERYONE here needs to have a good look at the above link.

Yup and this definition has nothing to do with a live out legal nanny. Absolutely idiotic of anyone to compare the two.

Anonymous wrote:OP is a troll. If you google her term, here is what you get.

http://www.law.unc.edu/documents/clinicalprograms/domesticworkersreport.pdf

This definition of domestic worker has absolutely nothing to do with live out, legal nannies.

EVERYONE here needs to have a good look at the above link.

Anonymous wrote:The worst abuse I ever heard of was an Orthodox Jewish family who refused to allow their non-Jewish nanny to eat or tough any of their food and also refused to allow her to bring any food into the house for fear it was not kosher. She was an undocumented worker who went eleven to twelve hours a day with nothing to eat.

That is indeed horrific.
I would, however, as a professional nanny, mother, and former Montgomery County resident, like to express my sincere gratitude to the many Jewish women (including many attorneys) who fought long and hard to pass the domestic workers' right law in Montgomery County. (I believe many were JCC members.) I was on West Coast when I heard about it, and my heart sang with joy. All of us on this forum should be deeply indebted to them for their unpaid work towards justice.

Now let's see how we can accomplish something similar in the rest of the DC area.
Anyone interested?

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Anonymous wrote:HAHA! I'm an accountant and extremely busy from Mid January-May 1 and HAVE to pack a lunch because there are no places to eat near my office and it would take too long, so I eat at my desk. Often too busy to even take a pee.

I'm inspired by this thread and am going to start a revolution at my office. Since I am confined to my office, often 12hrs a day, I'm going to stop bringing my lunch and DEMAND that a catered meal be supplied to me. I also have Celiacs and will require that it all be gluten free.

I'll report back on my progress.

Not that I agree with the premise, your situation is different. You are making a choice not to go get lunch during your day for various reasons. A nanny doesn't have that choice. However I've been known to have takeout delivered to my nanny family's house if I didn't pack a lunch and they have no appropriate food in the house.

It's a choice not to get fired.

Anonymous wrote:HAHA! I'm an accountant and extremely busy from Mid January-May 1 and HAVE to pack a lunch because there are no places to eat near my office and it would take too long, so I eat at my desk. Often too busy to even take a pee.

I'm inspired by this thread and am going to start a revolution at my office. Since I am confined to my office, often 12hrs a day, I'm going to stop bringing my lunch and DEMAND that a catered meal be supplied to me. I also have Celiacs and will require that it all be gluten free.

I'll report back on my progress.

Not that I agree with the premise, your situation is different. You are making a choice not to go get lunch during your day for various reasons. A nanny doesn't have that choice. However I've been known to have takeout delivered to my nanny family's house if I didn't pack a lunch and they have no appropriate food in the house.

HAHA! I'm an accountant and extremely busy from Mid January-May 1 and HAVE to pack a lunch because there are no places to eat near my office and it would take too long, so I eat at my desk. Often too busy to even take a pee.

I'm inspired by this thread and am going to start a revolution at my office. Since I am confined to my office, often 12hrs a day, I'm going to stop bringing my lunch and DEMAND that a catered meal be supplied to me. I also have Celiacs and will require that it all be gluten free.

I'll report back on my progress.