How Do You Pay Your Nanny?

How do I legally pay a nanny. I do not own a company but want to pay my nanny, can anyone give ma a hint?

I'm a family childcare provider and to be fair, if you cancel childcare, you should pay. If they cancel, not so much. Over the table, paid vacations according to time served. And if you get paid for a holiday, she should be paid too. A half days pay toward sick time could be accumulated monthly. You get what you pay for and showing your employee respect will earn you hers.

Paying any employee of any sort "off the books" is illegal. Period. So is employing illegal workers (hence, the descriptor word: ILLEGAL) And yes, you can CHOOSE to ignore those laws, but you run the risk of suffering the consequences, which are dire. Ask anyone who's been caught, especially those in prominent social and political positions in their communities. My opinion on the issue? If you can't afford to pay for a legal nanny (like Grace, below) in a legal way, you can't afford a nanny. There are other options.

It really depends on the circumstance. Taxes are a personal (and moral) choice. If you are paying a lot for your nanny, then I would pay the taxes on them and then also be able to write off some of the expense. If you can't pay taxes (illegal nanny, etc.) and you pay per week and your care giver is expected to be there everyday, then you must pay them for days you don't use them (they could have made plans or been paid for another job). If you give them proper notice (2weeks) then it would be o.k. to not pay them for the day you don't need them(as long as you had a conversation about it)-remember you wouldn't want them canceling on you when you expected them. I'm a nanny and work in a very professional environment. My position is salaried with vacationtime/benefits/sick pay etc. In the environment I work, trust and reliability is paramount. If you can afford to pay for household help, what you pay will reflect what you get.

ok, first of all I should say that I probably don't belong in this chit chat because i don't have a nanny. or kids. but i must say, i feel very strongly that we all have to pay immigrant workers a fair living wage, with benefits. Everyone blames them for being here, but they're here cause we hire them. And they're not taking work away from americans, cause very few americans would do the work that they do, for the money they do it. They deserve health benefits and vacation time/pay, at a minimum.