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10 Tips: Employment Rights of a Nanny

nannies workplace rights

You have questions! In HomeWork Solutions' Popular "10 Tips" Series, we distill common problems and challenges household employers and nannies face and offer 10 easy to follow steps to resolve the problem, avoid blunders, and eliminate conflict.

Although a nanny works in a private home, there are a combination of Federal and State workplace protections in place that provide the household employee with some basic rights.

Areas covered include:

  • Hourly pay.
  • Minimum wage.
  • Overtime.
  • Time cards and other records.
  • and more...

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About the Author

Kathleen Webb HomeWork Solutions Inc.

KATHLEEN WEBB, President, co-founded HomeWork Solutions in 1993 to provide payroll and tax services to families employing household workers. Today, HomeWork Solutions provides payroll and nanny tax compliance services to thousands of household employers nationwide.

Webb is the author of numerous articles on this topic and has been featured in the Wall Street Journal, Kiplinger's Personal Finance, and the Congressional Quarterly. She also consulted with Senate staffers in the drafting of the 1994 Nanny Tax Law. Webb is also a co-founder of 4nannies.com Inc., the first online nanny recruiting venue. Webb is a magna cum laude graduate of Boston College.