This is insane!

[Cuyo]

Babysitters need mandatory breaks? Huh?

Am I mistaken, or isn't a lot of the job already a 'break?'

'Child care is soooooo hard!' Oh WAAAAAAAHHHHHHHH!

 

[WillowTree]

"The bill would apply to all domestic workers, such as nannies, housekeepers and elderly
caretakers, and would require mandatory breaks, overtime pay and the minimum wage.

If bill AB 889 turns into law, costs for parents who employ workers regularly to watch their children, could rise. Breaks would be required, specifically a 10-minute rest every four hours (A second babysitter would be needed to cover for the breaks) and a 30-minute meal break after five hours.

In addition, workers who live in or work 24-hour shifts would gain the right to eight hours of uninterrupted sleep, and those working more than five consecutive hours would be allowed to use their employers' kitchens free of charge to cook their own food."

The legislature in California is about 2 short of a 2/3 majority in both the Senate and Assembly. The Democrats are in control and most are truly Socialists.

California Babysitter Law Could Give Workers More Benefits - ABC News

Who do they think they are - humans? I say work them until they drop! Then grind them up into cat/dog food or turn them into tasty Soylent Green snacks. There must be some Bible verses to support this.

what a complete total asswipe of a moron, cite one case in which a babysitter dropped dead from being overworked? californa is bat shit crazy..

 

[MeBelle]

Actually not.

This is the old ‘Liberty to Contract’ argument ruled un-Constitutional by the Court in West Coast Hotel Co. v. Parrish (1937), upholding minimum wage laws.

Workers shouldn’t be subject to the capricious whims of employers’ ‘attitudes’ or ‘likes or dislikes,’ working conditions should be consistent. And employees shouldn’t be compelled to go blindly from one position to another in the hopes of finding a ‘good and kindly’ employer. That some consider this type of employment unimportant or not serious employment is irrelevant.

The above is a reactionary fantasy – it’s no longer the 19th Century.

Riddle me this one, sir.

U.S. Department of Labor - Wage & Hour Divisions (WHD) - Minimum Wages for Tipped Employees

The following five states, not included in table, do not have State minimum wage laws: Alabama, Mississippi, South Carolina, and Tennessee. Also not included is Georgia, which exempts tipped employee under the law.
Some states set subminimum rates for minors and/or students or exempt them from coverage, or have a training wage for new hires. Such differential provisions are not displayed in this table.

FOOTNOTES

1 Other additional deductions are permitted, for example for meals and lodging, except as noted in footnote 8.

2 Minnesota. A large employer is an enterprise with annual receipts of $625,000 or more; a small employer, less than $625,000.

3 In New Jersey, Oklahoma, and South Dakota, the listed maximum credit is the total amount allowable for tips, food and lodging combined, not for tips alone as in other states.

Regarding Oklahoma, when a food and/or lodging credit is not involved, the wage tip credit is limited to $2.13 per hour.

In New Jersey, in specific situations where the employer can prove to the satisfaction of the labor department that the tips actually received exceed the creditable amount, a higher tip credit may be taken.

4 North Carolina. tip credit is not permitted unless the employer obtains from each employee, monthly or for each pay period, a signed certification of the amount of tips received.

5 Ohio. The minimum cash wage for tipped employees of employers with gross annual sales in excess of $255,000 is $3.50 per hour (plus tips). For tipped employees of employers with gross annual sales of less than $255,000, the tipped employee hourly rate is $2.93 per hour (plus tips).

6 Oklahoma. For employers with fewer than 10 full-time employees at any one location who have gross annual sales of $100,000 or less, the basic minimum rate is $2.00 per hour, with a 50% maximum tip credit.

7 West Virginia. For employers with six or more employees and for state agencies.

8 Wisconsin. $2.13 per hour may be paid to employees who are not yet 20 years old and who have been in employment status with a particular employer for 90 or fewer consecutive calendar days from the date of initial employment.

Prepared By:
Division of Communications
Wage and Hour Division
U.S. Department of Labor
This document was last revised in June 2011.


Minimum wage?
In addition, the IRS taxes 10% per tab, assuming the waitstaff actually received a tip and assuming waitstaff was not obligated to share tips with the busboy, hostess, dishwasher, janitor, etc.

 

[Mr. Shaman]

This is insane!

Actually.....THIS is a little-more insane......

"....But, I'm feeling much-better, now....with the pills and all."​

 

[Mr. Shaman]

Babysitters need mandatory breaks? Huh?

Am I mistaken, or isn't a lot of the job already a 'break?'

'Child care is soooooo hard!' Oh WAAAAAAAHHHHHHHH!

Yeah....I'm sure you can't wait to grow-up and be a Mommy.

​

 

[Mr. Shaman]

"The bill would apply to all domestic workers, such as nannies, housekeepers and elderly
caretakers, and would require mandatory breaks, overtime pay and the minimum wage.

If bill AB 889 turns into law, costs for parents who employ workers regularly to watch their children, could rise. Breaks would be required, specifically a 10-minute rest every four hours (A second babysitter would be needed to cover for the breaks) and a 30-minute meal break after five hours.

In addition, workers who live in or work 24-hour shifts would gain the right to eight hours of uninterrupted sleep, and those working more than five consecutive hours would be allowed to use their employers' kitchens free of charge to cook their own food."

The legislature in California is about 2 short of a 2/3 majority in both the Senate and Assembly. The Democrats are in control and most are truly Socialists.

California Babysitter Law Could Give Workers More Benefits - ABC News

Who do they think they are - humans? I say work them until they drop! Then grind them up into cat/dog food or turn them into tasty Soylent Green snacks. There must be some Bible verses to support this.

what a complete total asswipe of a moron, cite one case in which a babysitter dropped dead from being overworked? californa is bat shit crazy..

That's the one thing for which you Teabaggers are most-famous....being totally.....

CLUELESS!!!!

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[FA_Q2]

How about- here's a whacky idea- letting the parents and babysitters work out between them what is a sensible and fair set of working conditions.

No one is locking these nannies in the house making them watch their spawn.

If the Nanny doesn't like her work conditions, she can work for someone else- or maybe go into a line of work that doesn't involve cleaning up someone else's poop.

If the family doesn't like the Nanny's attitude, they can fire her and get someone else.

Fucking brilliant!

Actually not.

This is the old ‘Liberty to Contract’ argument ruled un-Constitutional by the Court in West Coast Hotel Co. v. Parrish (1937), upholding minimum wage laws.

Workers shouldn’t be subject to the capricious whims of employers’ ‘attitudes’ or ‘likes or dislikes,’ working conditions should be consistent. And employees shouldn’t be compelled to go blindly from one position to another in the hopes of finding a ‘good and kindly’ employer. That some consider this type of employment unimportant or not serious employment is irrelevant.

The above is a reactionary fantasy – it’s no longer the 19th Century.

No, actually the above is EXACTLY how things work currently for babysitters and home daycare settings. There are basic protections for workers but in certain instances those protections do not apply. Even in many other workplaces. Gas station attendants that are in one deep slots are a good example. In that case, a half hour break is not required because there is no reasonable way to implement it. Instead, the employer must assure that there is time between customers to rest and eat. What is wrong with that system? It works and allows plenty of time for those workers to rest. These are not terribly difficult positions. But, if you want thousands to go out of work and businesses to fail then go ahead, implement asinine rules that apply 100 percent of the time without looking at the fact that one rule does not fit all situations. Let's see how well that works out since you all fail to see the colossal failure that it already is...