Calif. Nanny State May Legislate Babysitter Pay

California Nanny State Wants To Legislate Babysitter Pay

It would make anyone who hires domestic workers, including adult babysitters, have to obey California employment laws. They'd have to pay babysitters minimum wage plus overtime, provide worker's comp insurance, keep timecard records, issue paychecks and tax forms, and provide them with a 10-minute break every two hours and a 30-minute break every five hours. That apparently means you'd have to hire two babysitters, so the second could cover for the first.

But the sponsor noted that the Senate did remove a provision that required babysitters to get an hour of paid vacation time for every 30 hours worked.