Maryland County Proposal Calls for Contracts for Domestic Workers
East News • February 1, 2008
Lawmakers in a suburban Washington, D.C. county said this week that domestic workers and their employers should be required to sign contracts to ensure the workers receive fair wages, overtime and ...
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Subject: RE: Government to the rescue...again
Posted On: February 2, 2008, 2:14 pm CST
Posted By: wudchuck
Comment:
your are exactly right. if they already have that priviledge, they sure can exact a right to just leave the job. granted, i might ask for a workmans comp if that dog bit me where i was the nanny or the child that bit my hand. at least have my medical bills sought for in relationship to the job i was performing and the hazards that ensue. but this can be negotiated as part of a contract. nannies, housekeepers or even butlers all have the same privy to a contract. this does not mean the government can step in. i think someone probably had a nanny and they left. figuring if they had a contract, at least they have something to fall back on. government run amock covering an issue that probably not many folks have. how many folks have a nanny? 5%? i don't know. but they are probably rich and can afford to give me a contribution to my election campaign if i move this legislation along. um...
Subject: RE: Government to the rescue...again