California 'Babysitter Bill' Outrage
Wednesday, August 31, 2011
Shocked California parents may face paying babysitters minimum wage, overtime and workers compensation benefits while they maintain timecards, issue paychecks and deal with payroll taxes.
Babysitter legislation now pending in the California Senate applies to all babysitters, nannies, housekeepers and caregivers in California over age 18.
Under the controversial measure, babysitters must be given a break every two hours plus a meal break.
Parents would have to hire two babysitters so one can watch the child while the other is on break. The second babysitter would have to repeatedly show up every two hours for 15 minutes at minimum wage.
Parents across California, especially single parents, are outraged. Many are barely able to financially scrape by as it is.
Failure to abide with the new California Babysitter Law could land parents in court to face legal action and the wrath of The Nanny State.
The only exceptions included in Assembly Bill 889 are for family members who babysit.
The California Babysitter Bill has already passed the California Assembly and is moving through the Senate --- with zero Republican support.
Assemblyman Tom Ammiano (D-San Francisco) authored the California Babysitter Bill, which will soon land on the desk of Governor Jerry Brown to be signed into state law.
