What is the standard for vacation time for full time live out housekeepers?

You are classed as an independent contractor if you are live out and a housekeeper. How you deal with your wage and time is up to you, not the people you work for.

A housekeeper may not always be a 1099 employee. If you pay them salary or hourly and if you report their wages, to the government, pay taxes, unemployment taxes and more.

Can you expain how they are paid

1099 - none, generally. A higher hourly rate. They pay higher taxes.

Wages (W-2) - it depends on how much you are paying and how good they are after a probationary period such as 3 months. If very good, a reasonable offer might be 5 paid holiday, 5 paid sick days, and 5 vacation days the first year, 10 vacation days the second.

She has been with us for a year now. We pay her a weekly rate of $72 plus her fica and social security. I was going to give her one week paid vacation in addition to 5 paid holidays off.

Since she is part time normally there is no paid vacation,
You did say what was normal..

I would guess she works less than 5 or 6 hours a week ?
Not sure what you mean by plus her social security and FICA, she pays her part and you pay your part plus other insurnaces.

So you are free to give her what you want.

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Originally Posted by jacquelynherzig

I was going to give her one week paid vacation in addition to 5 paid holidays off.

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Hello j:

You're a great employer.

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But.. how can someone paid $72/week be full time?

That was a typo she gets $472 plus fica and social security and she works a 8 hour day 5 days a week with lots of breaks

You are not required to give even a coffee break or paid lunch let lone a vacation. It is whatever you want to give her

There is no "standard" but you are definitely a nice employer that you are considering your housekeeper. The happier they are, the happier they make you :)

That's a demanding, exhausting job and not very high pay (though I think it's in line with the market). I think you should give her two weeks paid time off, plus paid holidays and some sick time.

That's what she'd get if she worked full time for a service instead of for you.

When someone's in your home full time, interacting with and caring for your family, I think it's really important to be generous. Save on something else...