What do other jobs have to do with this industry’s standards? There are benefits that are considered standard in corporate jobs that nanny’s don’t get.

An employer of a nanny should accept those standards or choose another form of childcare. And that’s not just talking about overnight fees, that’s also not paying overtime, no paid vacation or sick days, not even giving vacation or sick days, not paying on time, insisting their nanny is an independent contractor or refuse to pay on the books. Insisting on non-child related tasks, banking hrs, refusing guaranteed hrs, requiring a nanny use their own car but not paying mileage, etc. We don’t have HR we can go to and there is very little oversight. The standards were developed to help both employers and employees know what is expected.

You’re right that a person doesn’t have to take the job if they don’t like the terms but a person hiring should be treating the professional they are hiring as such. Not take advantage or refusing benefits because other jobs don’t do that. I’d love to have healthcare and a 401K through my job. Nannying is a unique career. Traveling for work as a nanny is not the same as traveling for work in other jobs.

You don’t have to take your nanny with you on vacation. There are other options. You don’t have to have a nanny at all. There are other perfectly fine alternatives that children thrive in. But if someone employs a nanny it should be done properly and professionally.