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| Thread ID: 120281 | 2011-09-01 15:44:00 | New California Babysitter Laws | SurferJoe46 (51) | PC World Chat |
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| 1228134 | 2011-09-01 15:44:00 | No wonder there are so many people and businesses leaving this whack-o state. A proposed law could put a dent in date night. Under Assembly Bill 889, which has already cleared the Assembly, parents would have to provide babysitters with workers compensation, health insurance, vacation time and other benefits. The law states that parents (domestic employers) who hire a babysitter on Friday night will be legally obligated to pay at least minimum wage to any sitter over the age of 18, provide a substitute caregiver every two hours to cover rest and meal breaks, in addition to worker's compensation benefits, and overtime. The bill doesn't apply to family members who babysit, and excludes child care. Fresno Labor Lawyer Barry Bennett says the bill is meant to protect domestic employees including babysitters, nannies, and housekeepers. Babysitter Christina Dimartini says the bill will hurt her when she needs to pay for books and other college expenses. "That's how I make my money, on weekends [because] I don't have time during the school days," she says. Parents who fail to abide by the law will have to pay up to $4,000 in back pay and legal expenses. |
SurferJoe46 (51) | ||
| 1228135 | 2011-09-01 20:23:00 | God bless America. | Cicero (40) | ||
| 1228136 | 2011-09-01 22:19:00 | :groan: | WalOne (4202) | ||
| 1228137 | 2011-09-01 22:47:00 | Only in America :rolleyes: | pcuser42 (130) | ||
| 1228138 | 2011-09-01 22:47:00 | According to this report ( . kpsplocal2 . com/mostpopular/story/Ca-Bill-Would-Require-Overtime-Breaks-for/QiaiBKQJ0UqHkIeNake93w . cspx" target="_blank">www . kpsplocal2 . com), it doesn't cover babysitters under the age of 18, but is intended to provide domestic workers with rights that other workers already enjoy . It's an interesting one . I'd imagine that, in practice, most nannies would get breaks, but having it enshrined in law seems okay . I've had two family membes work as carers, and i'd hate to think that if they were injured trying to help someone out of bed, or washing them, that they wouldn't get covered by worker's compensation . |
Zara Baxter (16260) | ||
| 1228139 | 2011-09-01 23:06:00 | I'd imagine that, in practice, most nannies would get breaks, but having it enshrined in law seems okay. Sitting on the couch with their boyfriends ... passing the doobie to the left hand side ... :thumbs: |
SP8's (9836) | ||
| 1228140 | 2011-09-01 23:37:00 | Zara, they would automatically be covered by ACC. Remember the ACC legislation is a 'no fault' compensation scheme. | Richard (739) | ||
| 1228141 | 2011-09-01 23:38:00 | Care-givers are usually covered under the homeowner's insurance if they become ill, hurt or incapacitated. Adding the responsibility of matching the Social Security (SSI/SSD) account deposit to the worker's account and then having to pay into the State Disability Insurance Fund (SDIF) and then also paying another person to spell the first employee's break time for meals and their state-allocated 20 minute breaks as specified by law and then offering an employer's-matching health, maternity and dental/ocular insurance and matching fees and co-pay requirements makes it all but prohibitive to hire a babysitter. Not to mention the need to have the facility (home) inspected by OSHA and the Cal/EPA for Haz-Mat and other untoward dangerous conditions and all - well - it makes one's eyes water. Then filing the Federal Income Tax (1099-E) withholding amounts in an escrow account (non-interest bearing), not to mention the State-level income tax exemptions (C/IC-Schedule(s) D & E) and earnings statements and then hiring a bookkeeper to tally all the records and file the monthly Employer's Accounts (W-2) and Statements of Earnings (CWD-2) to the County of employment (RivCo-CDI-2), not to mention the overtime, bonuses and meals allocations. Yeah - sounds like it'd be cheaper to kill the kids that need to be baby-sat and just go to jail for three square meals, a cot and a recreation room in a jail somewhere would be better. When all is said and done, a babysitter will now cost $11,954/hr, USD. Plus vacation and sick days leave. |
SurferJoe46 (51) | ||
| 1228142 | 2011-09-02 00:20:00 | Keep this thread hidden from our Gummint Ken |
kenj (9738) | ||
| 1228143 | 2011-09-02 01:48:00 | Zara, they would automatically be covered by ACC. Remember the ACC legislation is a 'no fault' compensation scheme. She is right Dick, and she would give them a medal too if poss. |
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