Cohousing-L Mailing List: Re: Babysitting concerns?

[Philip Dowds (rpdowds]

The question about liability is an interesting one.  What happens when 
something goes wrong while a paid neighborhood teen is on the case?  Does the 
babysitter carry liability insurance?  If so, claims resolution often depends 
on what the written contract says.

A lot of our Cornerstone systems got disrupted by the pandemic, but when we 
encouraged babysitting to support plenary attendance, I think the **parents** 
hired the babysitter, and were at least partially reimbursed by the community.

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Thanks, RPD

On November 14, 2023 at 11:09:49 AM, Marjorie Kamine (mkamine [at] gmail.com) 
wrote:

I'm on Finance Team at Riversong Cohousing in Eugene and some questions  
about babysitting have come up. We would love to know how other cohos might  
be handling this topic. Right now we have budgeted funds to pay some of the  
teens and 20-somethings in our community to babysit for our in-person  
business meetings and a few other community-wide events. 1) One question  
has to do with liability in case something happens while a member  
babysitter is in charge? 2) what if we're paying enough that the sitter  
actually earns $600? How would we handle that tax-wise? Is the sitter then  
considered a vendor? 3) have any of you created a written policy/community  
agreement around babysitting that you could share? You can email me  
off-line: mkamine [at] gmail.com  
As a PS, we would also love to know what communities are paying their  
babysitters?  
Thanks so much! Marjie  
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