Wednesday, July 16, 2008
Follow-up: Contracts Required with Nannies in Montgomery County (MD)
The Montgomery County (MD) Council is creating quite a stir with it's new "Nanny Contracts" law.
One point missed in yesterday's media is that the county will be drafting and publishing a model work agreement and disclosure statement. I believe the only substantial difference between the eventually published model and the sample nanny work agreements published at 4nannytaxes.com will be the disclosure statement to the effect that nannies and other domestics are protected under various state and federal laws. Chief among these in Maryland is the requirement to pay live-in domestics an overtime differential (referred to as time and a half) for all hours worked in a week over 40. This is a more strict requirement then offered by the Federal Fair Labor Standards Act (FLSA).
We will keep you posted as developments occur. This blog was picked up by the Washington Post article on the nanny contracts legislation today, pointing out that Montgomery County MD has the highest filing rate of nanny tax returns of any jurisdiction in the nation.
One point missed in yesterday's media is that the county will be drafting and publishing a model work agreement and disclosure statement. I believe the only substantial difference between the eventually published model and the sample nanny work agreements published at 4nannytaxes.com will be the disclosure statement to the effect that nannies and other domestics are protected under various state and federal laws. Chief among these in Maryland is the requirement to pay live-in domestics an overtime differential (referred to as time and a half) for all hours worked in a week over 40. This is a more strict requirement then offered by the Federal Fair Labor Standards Act (FLSA).
We will keep you posted as developments occur. This blog was picked up by the Washington Post article on the nanny contracts legislation today, pointing out that Montgomery County MD has the highest filing rate of nanny tax returns of any jurisdiction in the nation.
Labels: domestic worker contracts, domestic worker payroll, nanny contracts, nanny payroll taxes, nanny tax compliance, nanny work agreements
