What Are Standard Nanny Benefits?

What Benefits Do You Have?

Standard benefits to offer nannies include: paid vacation (two-weeks minimum); paid Federal holidays (at least six-days including New Years Day, Memorial Day, July 4, Labor Day, Thanksgiving, and Christmas); and paid sick and personal days. If the nanny does not use the vacation, sick, or personal days then the nanny may cash them out at the end of the year.

Other benefits to offer nannies include: three months unpaid maternity leave; health insurance stipend; a vehicle to drive for personal use for live-in nannies; and apartment rent.

Gas mileage is not a benefit but actually reimbursement and required by law. Visit www.irs.org for the current gas mileage rate.

Paid Holidays
Americans expect at least six paid holidays off (New Years Day, Memorial Day, July 4, Labor Day, Thanksgiving, and Christmas) or extra bonus pay for working on a holiday.

Paid Vacation Time
Most nannies in America expect two-weeks paid vacation time during the year. Sometimes the two-weeks can be negotiated after six-months to one-year of employment.

Paid Sick Time
A sick nanny may share her germs with the children. It’s best to negotiate some paid sick time for childcare providers in the work agreement.

Paid Personal Days
Along with sick days if a nanny must miss work for a doctor appointment or a death of a friend or family member it’s best not to penalize her for having to miss work a few days each year.

Health Insurance
Health insurance premiums are non-taxable income! When parents pay their nannies’ health insurance premiums, the cost of the health insurance is not taxed. 

Use of Vehicle
At a minimum, parents should provide the nanny use of their car for work purposes or reimburse the employee gas mileage when using the nanny’s car for work. Visit www.irs.org for the current mileage rate. But, also helping pay for the nanny’s car insurance and maintenance of the nanny’s car is a great help for nannies using their own vehicle for work. Allowing the nanny personal use of the parent’s car is also a great benefit to offer nannies (and that is expected for au pairs).

Maternity Leave
Great employees should have a job to come back to after a typical three-month maternity leave.

Educational Benefits
Offering to pay for child development classes or to attend professional conferences and workshops related to childcare is a smart investment.

Professional Membership
Paying the membership fee for professional organizations such as the US Nanny Association is another small perk that nannies appreciate from their employers.

Comments

  1. I have paid days off, paid vacation days, I have partial health insurance paid, I get overtime pay, I have been allowed to use my boss's car and get extra cash thank you from the parents during the year.

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