Is it Harder to Get a Nanny Job if You Ask to be Paid On-The-Books?

Are law-abiding nannies at a disadvantage when seeking jobs?

The most common and most persistent problem we hear from nannies is that they have difficulty finding employment if they insist on being paid on-the-books while others get jobs because they agree to be paid

under-the-table.

The frustrated nannies report that the main reasons nannies agree to be paid illegally is because:

---parents  insist on it

---the nanny wants to hide income to keep government benefits

---the nanny wants no deductions from her pay

---the nanny is undocumented

---the nanny is unskilled

---the nanny is desperate for a job

---the nanny feels powerless to refuse any job offer

Nannies deduce that hiring parents insist on these arrangements because:

---they are cheap

---they feel paperwork is burdensome

---they want control of the nanny

---they are consumed with anti-establishment rage

---they want to feel the nanny is a family friend, not an employee

---they sense no threat or reprisal as a result of their behavior

Have you found it harder to find a nanny job that is willing to pay taxes?