1. Live-in Caregiver General Info:
Employer’s responsibilities to live-in caregiver (employee):
You must provide accommodation that ensures privacy, such as private room with a lock on the door. Your caregiver pays rent for a room in your home and is entitled to privacy. You should not enter the caregiver’s room without permission.
A live-in caregiver is protected by employment standards legislation in most provinces and territories. Live-in employees are entitled to days off each week, statutory holidays, extra pay for overtime work and a salary that meets at least the minimum wage.
Hire nanny, Live-in caregiver - Process:
Your offer of employment must first be confirmed by a Human Resources and Social Development Canada (HRSDC). The caregiver needs this letter to apply for a new work permit naming you as the employer.
The caregiver must have received the new work permit before starting work in your home. It is illegal for the caregiver to work without a valid work permit naming you as the employer.
Employer’s legal responsibilities:
Anyone who employs a full-time live-in caregiver under the program is required by federal law to register as an employer with the Canada Revenue Agency (CRA). You must make the proper deductions for income tax, Employment Insurance and Canada Pension Plan and remit these amounts to the proper federal authority. When you register as an employer, the CRA will provide you with an information guide that contains the necessary forms and instructions. You must comply with the law and provide your employee with the record of employment (ROE) when the employee’s work term with you have ended. You will not be able to get the ROE unless you have previously registered as an employer.
Like all other small business employers in Canada, you must keep written records of your caregiver’s employment. Employment standards laws require that records of the employee’s earnings be kept and those employees are provided with a statement of earnings with each pay cheque. The statement should indicate your employee’s gross and net pay, specific deductions, the purpose of these deductions, and the total hours worked (including overtime) during that pay period.
You are also required by law to give your employee a T4 slip for the previous year’s employment by the end of February each year. The T4 slip will show your employee’s total gross earnings and total deductions for income tax purposes. Your employee will require the T4 to file an annual income tax return. The CRA will give you an information guide on tax requirements when you register as an employer.
Deductions:
You must take the following deductions from your employee’s pay:
- Income Tax
- Employment Insurance
- Canada Pension Plan
Room and board:
Charges for meal not eaten by your employee in your home cannot be deducted from his or her pay. Room charges are calculated on a weekly or monthly basis, depending on the conditions of the employment contract. Whether you may deduct room and board directly from your employee’s pay cheque may also be governed by provincial and territorial employment standards legislation.
Ending a contract with an employee:If your employee is unwilling or unable, without just cause, to perform the job duties as stated in the contract, and you no longer wish to employ the caregiver, you can terminate the contract. However, you may have agreed in the contract to give a notice of termination. When you cannot give the caregiver appropriate notice, you can pay the employee for the period the notice would have covered.
Caregiver services, Housekeeping Services,
Nanny services - Information:
We help to find employment for nannies and caregivers that are currently in Canada and also abroad as well. We help our clients starting with finding host family and ending with receiving Temporary Work Permit and Canadian Citizenship. This process also include helping in applying for SIN, OHIP, CRA.
You almost always have to apply for a Work Permit from outside of Canada. Sometimes you can apply from inside or as you enter Canada. Many of the requirements are the same. After 2 years of work as nanny or caregiver you can apply for Permanent Work Permit.
The permanent resident card expires every 5 years. Check the expire date and apply for new one well before you plan to travel outside of Canada.
2. Housekeeping Services:
Housekeepers do almost any housekeeping task you need done. Housekeepers may work on a Live-In or Live-Out basis, and Full-time. They provide all standard housekeeping functions in occupied homes.
In short, please request any home cleaning task they're capable of doing. In addition to the basics, there are tasks in which your housekeeper may help that most clients don't think about.
I. Our housekeepers:
1. Clean the interior of the home and the immediate areas outside (patios, porches, walks)
2. Make laundering clothes and household linens
3. Cook and serve meals for the household
4. Assist with the cooking and serving for special events
5. Run errands including the grocery shopping
6. Change out the bed and household linens
7. Keep the household supplies fully stocked
8. Care for household pets
9. Make the beds
10. Clean closets, drawers and cupboards, mend clothes
11. Make house-sitting while the client is out of town
12. Do occasional childcare duties
II. Location of services: Across Canada
III. Price:Full-time employment is approximately 40 hours per week. Wages are approximately $300 per week.
3. Nanny Services:
We provide loving, responsible, and caring nannies for your children, giving many families Full-time, Live-In, Live-Out nannies services.
I. Our nannies:
1. Supervise and care for children in your home
2. Bathe, dress and feed infants and children
3. Prepare formulas and change diapers for infants
4. Oversee children's activities, such as meals and rest periods, as instructed by you
5. Instruct children in personal hygiene and social development
6. Tend to the emotional well-being of children
7. Discipline children according to the methods requested by the parents
8. Organize activities such as games and outings to provide amusement and exercise
9. Plan, prepare and serve meals for children and may perform other housekeeping duties
10. Take children to and from school and to appointments
11. Maintain a healthy environment in the home
II. Location of services: Across Canada
III. Price:Full-time employment is approximately 40 hours per week. Wages are approximately $300 per week.
4. Caregiver Services:
Our caregivers are to help fill the unmet needs of the frail or homebound elderly and disabled individuals.
I. Our caregivers:
1. Transport and escort to medical appointments, stores, and worship services
2. Chore, errand, and shopping service
3. Provide companionship and friendly visitation for isolated and homebound individuals
4. Help with light housework, telephone reassurance and meal preparation
II. Location of services: Across Canada
III. Price:Full-time employment is approximately 40 hours per week. Wages are approximately $300 per week.
