b"Many of these families are socially liberal, TheotherthingthatIthinkwillhappen authority actually rests in the state, not theandtheyseenoproblemwithhiring post-COVIDisanarmyofdesperate federalgovernment.Anddifferentstatesundocumented workers, skipping the taxes, workers who will apply to work as nannies havedifferentneedsandinterests.Andor ordering the nanny to live in. They don't thinking it is an easy job and they will be that'swhythoseDomesticWorkerBillofevenseethehypocrisyofwhattheyare cheaper.Thequalifiedandexperienced Rights, for example, tend to be in the statesdoing. nannieshavetobereadytoprovetheir where there are lots of nannies like Newworth. We have had two airlines close to York and California. And there's not one inIthinkthatalotofthemoresocially collapse in Australia. That is at least 6,000 Kansas, for example. consciousfamilieswerepayingoffthe jobs. So how many flight attendants are webooks,thinkingthattheyweredoingthe going to see turn up saying, I think I can do Louise Dunham rightthinghelpingpoorundocumented nannying?Wearefinallyapprovedtorunin-homeworkers stay in the country. Now they are a childcareinTasmania,myhomestate.little bit more understanding of, wow, this is Kathy WebbThere are three competitors and we're allsort of a consequence, like I have to keep I think that there are plenty of teachers that from the mainland. Their In-home childcarepayingthemeventhoughthey'renot aregoingtosay,I'mmaking$50,000a licensingstandardsareverythorough,working.Andeventhoughtherestaurant year and I have to meet with the parents of child-focused, and are unique in Australiathat I own is closed, and I'm hanging on by 30 children three times a year plus the 30 to Tasmania. They should be the benchmarkthe skin of my teeth.children coming in and out of my classroom foreverystatethroughouttheworld.Soeveryday,andIcangetclosetothat, maybe that's the starting point that eachYeah,I'mcautiouslyoptimisticthatthe perhaps not with the benefits, but close to state should havelong-termbenefitsofbeingpaidlegally that and just work with one family and onewillbecomeadriver.Youcanpreach set of children. Kathy Webb about them, but when the economy's good, Idon'teverseelicensingofnannieswho cares about unemployment insurance,becauseyouloseajobyougetanother Ipersonallyknowsomeschoolteachers happeninghere.Bearinmindthatmost,one in two weeks.that are my age or a little bit younger, and you know, 99 point something percent of allthey're clearly talking about taking a side nannies in America are paid directly by theI am seeing families that were quite happy gig and just leaving teaching. family. It's a family-nanny relationship. It'sto have an undocumented worker, and in very different than your relationship wheretheirownway,thoughttheywerebeing Louise Dunhamyouemploythenannies.There'snokind. Now, being kind actually means being I've interviewed one long day-care director governmentsupportforitinanyway,responsible for these employees financially and she said, The stress isn't worth it. And I shape, or form. during the pandemic. Okay, some people know I will get less money as a nanny, butmighthavekickedtheundocumented I'll have one family and I can get back to Louise Dunhamnanny out on her ear, but many employers whatIwanttodo,whichiscarefor Well, we had two different ways of working,of those undocumented workers are seeing children. as I always say. We are a labor-hire firmtheycan'tgetunemploymentandfeela and a traditional recruitment firm.responsibilitytokeepthempaidevenif Kathy Webb they cannot work. There are a lot of people who have been Kathy Webb running in-home daycare that are thinking I think that the agencies that had a goodKathy Webb the same thing. They would rather go and tempbusinessmodelandhadtherightOnanotherpositivenote,Icouldn'tbe work as a nanny for one family than have clients are going to come out of this prettymorethrilledthatKimMorganbecame three families children come into her house well because that was a consistent sourcenanny of the year for INA.every day, with the parents coming in off ofincome,althoughitwasalsoathe street to pick the kids up, drop the kids consistentsourceofheadachesbecauseLouise Dunham off. Yeah, its possibly going to change the thereareallkindsofquestionsaboutI was so thrilled and proud when I saw the composition of who the applicant is. liability during a pandemic about sendingvideooftheDeputyPrimeMinisterofSt your employees into somebody else's homeVincentinParliamentmakingthis Louise Dunham incrediblespeech,notonlyabouthow Hastherebeenprogressmadeinnanny Therewasalotofanxietyaboutwhatwonderful Kim was as a caring nanny but qualifications in the last two years that are happens if one of these nannies contractsas a person, and how wonderful it was that university-run?SinceJuly2018, COVID. And she doesn't even have to get itshe was the first person of color and how government-approved families by law must from the family. She could get it from justproudhewasthatshecamefromSt haveanannywithaCertificate3in commuting. Vincent. ChildrensServices,orsheneedstobeenrolled.Wehavepushedforthatsince Louise Dunham Louise Dunham2007 for Australian childcare. WedonothavethesamenumberofCan you imagine a time when our Deputy undocumented workers and most au pairsPrimeMinistergetsupandsaysin-home Kathy Webbwere forced out of the country. child-carersareunderpaidand There's no requirement. I wouldn't see thatunderappreciatedandtheyareas changing though. Because, again, so muchessential to the gross domestic product as of our government is distributed that thethose that mine iron ore? NannyMag.com| 15"