Attn: Nannies, Nanny / Employer Communication Survey

My name is Liz Ramus and I am a current nanny and junior at Carroll College in Waukesha Wisconsin. This summer under a undergraduate research program entitled, The Pioneer Scholar, I have chosen to look into the communication between child care providers and adults. Since this area of communication has not been researched I have chosen to start with the nanny population of the US. For this study we are focusing on the nanny's perspective of the communication between themselves and their employers/family.

Nannies, please visit the website at www.nannyparentcommunication.com to take the online survey. The survey will take a maximum 10-15min to complete and is only available until June 30. The information submitted is 100% confidential and anonymous and will not be shared with your agency or current family.

Those who participate in the survey are eligible for one of five $30 Visa Gift Cards. Information to submit contact information is available at the end of the survey and will not in any way be attached to your survey responses. If you have any questions please feel free to email me at elizabeth@nannyparentcommunication.com.

Bob King, esq. founder of Legally Nanny® joins 4EverythingNanny's panel of industry experts

We're excited to welcome Bob King to our team of esteemed industry experts. Bob is an attorney and founder of Legally Nanny®, a company that provides legal and tax advice to household employers and domestic employment agencies. Bob received his undergraduate degree from Georgetown University, studied at the University of Lisbon, Portugal, on a Rotary International Fellowship, and received his law degree from the University of Chicago Law School.

Bob founded Legally Nanny in 2003. Legally Nanny (http://www.legallynanny.com/) assists domestic employers with a wide variety of household legal and tax issues, including payroll; drafting employment, confidentiality and severance agreements; and calculating and preparing back taxes and reports. The firm also defends employers who are facing audits, investigations, and lawsuits from governmental entities as well as nannies. In addition, Legally Nanny assists domestic employment agencies with business, dispute resolution, and labor & employment legal matters.

Bob will be answering questions from our visitors on legal matters concerning household employment and employment taxes.

4EverythingNanny has been offering free advice to visitors since 1999. Over the years we have fielded hundreds of nanny employment related inquiries. Our panel of experts include professional nannies, accountants, agency owners, and attorneys. No matter the question, our team is able to offer sound, reliable advice, for Free. To submit a question to one of our experts, click here: http://4nanny.com/experts.shtml

What's the nanny buzz?

The nanny buzz is....we've got a new blog. We will be using the blog to let you know about exciting updates to this website, industry news and anything else that we think you'd like to know about. This is also where you will find answers to questions submitted to our panel of nanny experts. If you have questions about working as a nanny or finding and hiring a nanny, we've got a great panel of experts with years of experience in the industry to help. Sorry, we can't take questions directly through the blog, but all you have to do is visit our "Ask the Experts" forum and submit your question. You'll find a link to the forum in the list of suggested links on this blog.

So, to get things started, one of the upgrades happening on 4EverythingNanny involves the Nanny Agency Locator. The Locator, after many years of faithful service, is in desperate need of a face lift. So, she's getting one. You'll notice that many of the states already have a shiny new look. This process should only take a week or so to complete so we thank you for your patience.

I also want to remind everyone that the International Nanny Association's annual conference is coming up in May. Deadline for early bird registration is April 15th. Go to INA's website at www.nanny.org for more info and to register.

That's it for my first post. I hope you'll check in regularly for updates.