Household employment pledge
The Honest House Promise
A practical commitment to legal pay, clear agreements, fair expectations, and professional household employment.
Fair household employment starts with clear commitments.
The Honest House Promise gives families a practical standard for building a legal, respectful, and sustainable working relationship with a nanny or household employee.
Pay legally and clearly
Use legal payroll, explain the full compensation package, and follow applicable overtime, leave, and wage-record requirements.
Put the role in writing
Document the schedule, duties, boundaries, pay, benefits, and process for discussing changes before the role begins.
Build a respectful workplace
Use safe screening, communicate directly, protect professional boundaries, and treat household employment as real employment.
The promise comes first. Payroll support is one practical benefit.
Los Angeles Nannies is not a payroll company. We help families understand their responsibilities, compare household payroll options, and prepare for legal employment before the first day of work.
Start with shared expectations
Discuss the role, schedule, compensation, payroll, and boundaries before the first day of work.
Support professional trust
Strong candidates notice when a family is prepared to communicate clearly and meet household-employment obligations.
Reduce avoidable confusion
Written terms and lawful payroll create a clearer record for both the family and the employee.
Payroll is built into the placement process from the beginning.
We bring payroll into the conversation early, keep total cost visible while the search develops, and help families prepare to pay legally before the nanny’s first day.
Know the real cost before hiring
Before hiring, families can see wages, payroll obligations, workers’ compensation, and payroll service costs more clearly.
Avoid payroll surprises
While families are interviewing and trialing candidates, we keep payroll setup in view instead of leaving it until the offer is signed.
Hire legally from day one
As the role, schedule, pay, and employment terms come together, we help prepare the payroll path alongside the placement agreement.
Save on service fees
Los Angeles Nannies covers the first-year payroll service period with the household payroll provider.
We help families choose the right payroll solution.
Families should be able to understand service costs, setup support, tax filings, direct deposit, year-end documents, and what they are responsible for before choosing a payroll provider.
Monthly service fees, setup support, tax filings, direct deposit, year-end documents, and customer support.
We help families compare what is included before they choose and contract directly with a provider.
Whether a provider offers a clean onboarding path for household employers hiring a nanny in California.
When available, we explain first-year payroll service support tied to the placement.
What is included, what is self-managed, and where families may need extra tax or employment guidance.
We help families avoid choosing based on price alone when the role needs more support.
Know the real cost before the offer goes out.
Families can use Los Angeles Nannies’ California-focused calculator to estimate wages, employer payroll taxes, workers’ compensation, payroll service costs, and common household-employment expenses.
Ask us about payroll support before your nanny starts.
If you are hiring through Los Angeles Nannies, we can walk you through current payroll partner options and explain how first-year payroll service support works.
Payroll service support is subject to program terms, placement terms, provider availability, and final program details. Los Angeles Nannies is not a payroll company, tax advisor, attorney, insurance broker, or employer of record. Families are responsible for choosing their payroll provider and complying with applicable household employment laws. Provider availability, pricing, and program terms can change.