APNA member’s, non-members, agency owners and staff alike, we invite you to join us in beautiful Scottsdale, Arizona October 14th-17th, 2010 for the 17th Annual APNA Conference!
Mark it off on your calendar because you are not going to want to miss it! In addition to the innovative and interesting agenda we have in store, you [...]
On June 1, 2009, the Greenwich Times http://www.greenwichtime.com/ci_12496985 reported on the arrest of a live-in nanny working in Greenwich, Conn. She was charged with first-degree larceny, eight counts of third-degree forgery, eight counts of fraudulent use of an ATM card and breach of peace. The article discusses how the woman would ace her job interviews, [...]
Seeking Mary Poppins in a pinch? Finding a trustworthy babysitter can be a challenge, especially at the last minute.
Nanny agencies promise to deliver competent temporary child care for a few hours up to several weeks. We put four to the test. We tried three local agencies: Babysitter’s Guild in New York City, North Shore Nannies [...]
For over eight years, Dolores Jacobo earned her place as an integral member of an affluent Malibu, Calif., household, where her workplace is a six-bedroom, nine-bath beachfront home with a private movie theater.
Hired to be the nanny of twin 3-month-olds, she stayed with the family after the girls started school. She transitioned from pushing strollers [...]
Nancy Killefer’s decision Tuesday to withdraw her candidacy to join the Obama administration over her failure to pay taxes for household help puts the spotlight on a dirty little open secret in the home-help industry nearly everybody does it. Or, in this case, doesn’t do it.
The problem of neglecting to pay taxes for household employees [...]
A funny thing happened on the way to the Internet age: A lot of parents stopped paying the nanny tax. Household-employment tax filings for nannies and other domestic workers fell 10% in the five years ended in 2006, based on the latest Internal Revenue Service data — a period when the number of domestic employees [...]
Houston’s Morningside Nannies
(October 31, 2008) The Association of Premier Nanny Agencies (APNA) is proud to honor Houston’s Morningside Nannies with APNA’s 2008 Agency of the Year award. Twenty five years ago, Pat Cascio founded the first agency in Houston to specialize in nanny placement, and she is still on the job. Like many in the [...]
BACKGROUND CHECKS
The most important step a staffing agency can take to insure the integrity of a background check is to verify the candidate’s name(s), date of birth, Social Security number, and driver’s license number. This verification should be conducted by examining the candidate’s documents, e.g., the Social Security card, driver’s license, green card, etc. It [...]
By Bob King, Legally Nanny
In a case involving Internet matching service Roommates.com, the Ninth Circuit ruled that online applications and other documents that ask questions about legally protected characteristics could subject the company to liability. The court’s ruling makes clear that asking questions about legally protected characteristics can solicit discriminatory answers, and matching people – [...]
A medical emergency endured by one of our board members is inspiring the Association of Premier Nanny Agencies A Household Staffing Alliance (APNA) to establish its first ongoing, annual donation. From here on out, five percent of each APNA member’s yearly dues payment will be donated to the Children’s Miracle Network national office says Lexy [...]
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