Cohousing-L Mailing List: Re: Babysitting concerns?

[Diana Carroll (dianaecarroll]

Read the fine print on your insurance policy. You probably have liability
insurance for employees. The fine print will tell you exactly who is
covered and for what.

On Tue, Nov 14, 2023 at 11:23 AM Philip Dowds <rpdowds [at] comcast.net> wrote:

> 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.
>
> ------------------
> 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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