2025 California household employment tax and labor law guide - Care.com
Learning all the nuances of California nanny tax law is no easy task. To help, we’ve created this overview of everything you need to know about being a household employer in California.*
Checklist for California household employers
We know you’re busy so here’s a quick “to-do” list with links to extra details below.
Beginning of employment
- Verify caregiver’s work eligibility.
- Set up EIN & state tax account(s).
- Obtain the required California workers’ compensation insurance.
- Provide a wage notice.
- Display employment posters.
During employment
- File returns, remit taxes and manage correspondence.
- Pay at least California minimum wage weekly.
- Pay overtime, when it applies.
- Enroll in the California retirement savings program.
- Pay mileage reimbursement, when it applies.
- Provide a pay stub and keep payroll records each payday.
- Provide California state and local required leave.
- State disability insurance
- Berkeley
- Emeryville
- Los Angeles
- Oakland
- San Diego
- San Francisco
- Santa Monica
Optional benefits for your employee
Ending employment
- Provide a termination notice.
- Manage unused paid time off.
- Close down your state employment tax account(s).
- Maintain payroll records.
Beginning of employment
Verify caregiver’s work eligibility
Before your employee begins to work, you need to fill out Form I-9 to verify they’re eligible to work in the U.S. The I-9 does not get sent to any government agency but must be presented to authorities if your nanny or...
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