'Tis the season - cybercriminal activity usually increases during this time of the year, often by using phone and email phishing scams. They try to access your personal information using a variety of tricks and strategies in order to file income tax returns and claim...
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Retaining Your Nanny: an Infographic
Once you’ve found the perfect nanny for your family, you'll want to do all that you can to retain your nanny. After putting a lot of time and effort into finding the right match, you'll want to keep a good employee for as long as possible. Losing one employee and...
Keep Those Kids Active During Winter
We all know that winter causes us to want to hibernate, keep warm, and eat comfort foods. During this season, we eat more and move less, and this includes our children. An estimated 9 million children in the U.S. are not just overweight; they are suffering from...
Unique Holiday Gifts for Your Nanny
This time of year we enjoy giving gifts to friends and family, but it's also a time to show our appreciation for the caregivers who look after children on a daily basis. Nannies not only are in charge of the kids but often clean, cook, do laundry, and other chores....
What Nannies Need to Know About New York Paid Family Leave
We posted an article about how the upcoming New York Paid Family Leave (PFL) law will affect household employers, but nannies and other household employees may have many questions about how they can use this new benefit. ShelterPoint has put together this handy list...
Proposed Regulations to Help Prevent Identity Theft
Fresh off the recent Equifax breach , the IRS has proposed regulations that may help individuals prevent identity theft when it comes to their W-2s. The proposal would allow truncated Social Security numbers (SSNs) on Form W-2 in the form of Taxpayer Identification...
What You Can Do About the Equifax Breach
Nearly half of the country’s population was affected by the recent breach of Equifax, the consumer credit reporting agency that collects driver’s license numbers, Social Security numbers (SSN), and credit card numbers. Hackers gained access to the information of 143...
Performance Review for Your Nanny
Companies of all sizes establish periodic (written) reviews and evaluations of employees. It is a good employment practice for household employers to conduct performance reviews for nannies, because it allows the employer and employee to communicate what the employee...
Reasonable Suspicion of Nanny’s Drug or Alcohol Use
Ensuring a safe and healthy workplace is a top concern of household employers, and one of the ways to accomplish this is to inform your nanny or other employee that drug and alcohol use is not permitted. But what if you suspect your nanny is not following this rule?...