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• Ten Tips: Be an All-Star Nanny and Keep Your Job!

  You found a nanny job that fits you to a T. How do you keep it? How do you become the all-star nanny that every parent finds indispensable? We have 10 nanny tips to help you understand how to be a good nanny. Also, if this is your first nanny/babysitter job, we have additional nanny advice... Read more »

• 4 Common Errors: The Nanny or Senior Caregiver Compensation Offer

  You have a new baby in the house, you are not sleeping well, and you need to line up a great nanny before you return to work. Or mom is declining and you have to hire a senior caregiver to stay with her while you are working because she just is not safe alone any… Read more »

• G-5 Employee Workers’ Compensation Insurance

  Workers’ Compensation is insurance protection mandated under state law for a worker and his or her dependents against injury and death occurring in the course of employment. It is not health insurance, and it is not intended to compensate for a disability other than disability caused by injury arising out of employment. If your employee,… Read more »

• Nanny Tax Wage Test Steadily Increases

  The nanny tax wage test, the minimum amount of wages paid that obligates the household employer for household employment taxes, is $2,700 of wages paid to an employee in the year 2024 (or $1,000 paid total in a calendar quarter for FUTA tax). HomeWork Solutions, Inc., May 2024 Nanny tax legislation enacted in 1994 dramatically… Read more »

• Senior Care and Nanny Misclassification Enforcement Steps Up

  The US Department of Labor’s Administrator of the Wage and Hour Division, David Weil, clearly stated on July 15, 2015 that most workers are considered employees under the Fair Labor Standards Act, as he issued new guidelines aimed at limiting the misclassification of workers as independent contractors.

• Should We Consider a Private Educator?

  Parents begin consideration and planning for their children’s education from the moment of birth. The typical progression through preschool,  elementary, and secondary schools meets the needs of most families, but not all. When the traditional route is not a good fit, families may consider home-schooling  or engaging a private educator. Why do families consider private... Read more »

• What is the nanny background check screening and report delivery procedure?

  Wondering what the nanny background screening process is? Here is a step by step guide. Set up your nanny background screening account by click on ORDER NOW. You will be redirected to our nanny background screening partner, National Crime Search.. Download the Candidate Records Release Authorization form and have your applicant complete it for you. The… Read more »

• Employee Resource: FAQs related to the Families First Coronavirus Response Act (FFCRA)

  Employee FAQs related to the Families First Coronavirus Response Act (FFCRA) Q: Why should a family keep their nanny employed right now? A: Helping your employees in hard and uncertain times like this is the right thing to do.  However, many household employers are facing uncertain job situations and layoffs on their own, so it… Read more »

• Nanny Share: Managing Childcare Costs in a Troubled Economy

    Child care is very expensive – ask any working parent. Childcare cost management is often the second largest monthly expense, after mortgage/rent payments, which a family with young children deals with. According to the National Association of Child Care Resource and Referral Agencies (NACCRRA), full time infant care in a child care center in… Read more »

• Outsourcing Schedule H to a Household Payroll Specialist

  Busy tax preparation firms always encounter a few clients who come to them during busy season with household payroll that has not been attended to throughout the prior year. The client is most interested in fast turnaround of a W-2 form for their nanny or housekeeper, under pressure from their employee to get things together and… Read more »