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Anyone use a nanny agency, or any lawyers out there? Question for you.
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alexlynn7
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Anyone use a nanny agency, or any lawyers out there? Question for you.
Hi everyone,
We are moving to Florida in a couple months and I am looking for a nanny for our children...
Was looking into hiring an agency that comes well recommended. However, they are having me sign a contract with a couple of stipulations that I thought were questionable:
-if the agency gets sued by the nanny, WE have to pick up the agency's legal bills
-the agency can't be sued if the nanny does something bad
#2 seems standard and I am willing to go with it - after all, WE will be the ones actually hiring the nanny after reviewing her info.
But #1 seems strange to me? Why should we foot the bill if the nanny has an issue with the agency?
Anyone else have experience with this? TIA!
Message edited 8/6/2009 11:16:35 AM.
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Posted 8/6/09 10:47 AM  |
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PatsBrat
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Re: Anyone use a nanny agency? Question for you.
I worked with 3 agencies and never had to agree to anything like that.
I agree that #2 is reasonable, but I wouldn't agree to #1.
Is there another agency you could try?
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| Posted 8/6/09 10:52 AM |
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alexlynn7
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Re: Anyone use a nanny agency, or any lawyers out there? Question for you.
Posted by PatsBrat
I worked with 3 agencies and never had to agree to anything like that.
I agree that #2 is reasonable, but I wouldn't agree to #1.
Is there another agency you could try?
thank you!
i wrote to them and told them i wasn't comfortable with #1. they said that the clause stemmed from an incident where a nanny was sexually assaulted in the family's home  . the nanny then sued both the family and the agency, so the agency wants to be protected from that sort of thing. BUT they said that i could strike that clause from the contract.
i am looking into other agencies, although this one got by far the best recs...
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| Posted 8/6/09 11:18 AM |
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