If you employ a household employee (defined by the IRS as any domestic worker earning more than $1900 in calendar year 2014), you are responsible for the so-called "nanny taxes". By keeping track of paperwork, you'll be in a much better position come tax time next year. Nanny agency owners can also benefit from staying organized during the year whether they are filing their agency's taxes on their own or with a tax preparer.

Topics: household employee taxes, household employee, payroll recordkeeping, nanny tax compliance

Smart employers know that key benefits such as health insurance that is paid for in whole or part by the employer is an important employee recruitment and retention tool.

Topics: nanny health insurance

Immigrants, including undocumented immigrants, must comply with the same tax laws as U.S. citizens- including paying the so-called "nanny taxes". Allan Wernick an attorney and director of the City University of New York's Citizenship Now! Project, recently wrote an article in the Daily News about tax compliance for non-U.S. citizens and their employers. This includes immigrant nannies!

Topics: foreign domestic workers, household employee, G5 domestic

Inclement weather, train derailments, flight delays- these are all potential situations that could keep a person from their child or elderly relative. But other emergency situations exist- your charge could develop a high fever, knock a pot of boiling water from the stove, develop an allergic reaction that prevents them from breathing - that requires a nanny or senior caregiver to react quickly and make the right choice in getting medical attention. 

Topics: senior caregivers, eldercare, nanny, nannies, emergency plans

In 2014, the Household Employee Wage threshold increased to $1900. This means that any household employee- such as a nanny, housekeeper or elder care worker- earning $1900 or more per year requires their employer to pay what is commonly referred to as the "nanny tax."

Topics: household employee, household employer, household payroll

There are more than 2 million senior caregivers working in private homes to help our aging loved ones to 'age in place.' These caregivers are employees. They are either employed by the home health agency who hires, schedules and pays the senior caregiver, OR they are the employee of the senior or their family who pay the caregiver directly.

Topics: elder care, payroll, senior care

HomeWorks Solutions is a proud member and supporter of the International Nanny Association - the industry umbrella professional association promoting excellence in in-home care. We have attended every annual conference since 1993, and this year's educational line up for nannies and business members is the best we have ever seen.

Topics: International Nanny Association, INA conference, nanny agency, nanny agencies, Dr. Harvey Karp, Dr. Jenn Berman

While mileage reimbursement and commuter transit benefits are scheduled to decrease January 1, 2014, other nanny tax numbers will increase.

Topics: nanny tax, domestic workers bill of rights, nanny mileage reimbursement

HomeWork Solutions' clients who hire a nanny to provide childcare do so knowing that they have chosen the most expensive form of childcare. For most, this involves some sacrifices, cutting back expenses in other areas of the household. Hiring a nanny, however, provides the family much needed flexibility in scheduling, and allows the children to stay in their home every day receiving the close personal caregiving of the family's nanny.

In all other childcare settings - childcare centers, pre-schools and primary schools - the caregivers have opportunities for continued professional development via conferences, in-service education and even peer mentoring. A nanny, on the other hand, has to search out these opportunities. Once found, nannies often realize that paying for quality continuing education is outside their budgets.

Topics: nanny training

New Jersey has several new employment related laws that go into effect on January 1, 2014.

Topics: nanny payroll, household payroll