PrincessBandit
23rd March 2012, 06:06
Complaints about a nanny state are nothing new – but this time it's the nannies who are complaining.
Wellington nannies say they were told at a meeting with their agency on Tuesday night that they were now expected to log children's activities, check their employers' houses – sometimes on a daily basis – and tell parents how to improve health and safety in the home.
If homes do not fulfil the requirements – for instance by not having televisions and bookcases bolted to the walls in case of earthquakes – the nannies say their agencies cannot accredit either them or the families they work for.
Nannies who spoke to The Dominion Post yesterday said they were told about the Government requirements by the agency Porse.
They believed they amounted to "overkill" and put them in the awkward position of having to tell their employers what to do.
"I've got to go into a house and I've got to tell the parents that the TV needs to be bolted to the wall," one nanny said.
Another said she was now expected to list and report on the activities her employer's children took part in, as well as checking safety points at the house every morning. "Most of it is common sense, but they are making us do all this other paperwork. It's just insane."
Big brother is determined to get you one way or another folks!
Wellington nannies say they were told at a meeting with their agency on Tuesday night that they were now expected to log children's activities, check their employers' houses – sometimes on a daily basis – and tell parents how to improve health and safety in the home.
If homes do not fulfil the requirements – for instance by not having televisions and bookcases bolted to the walls in case of earthquakes – the nannies say their agencies cannot accredit either them or the families they work for.
Nannies who spoke to The Dominion Post yesterday said they were told about the Government requirements by the agency Porse.
They believed they amounted to "overkill" and put them in the awkward position of having to tell their employers what to do.
"I've got to go into a house and I've got to tell the parents that the TV needs to be bolted to the wall," one nanny said.
Another said she was now expected to list and report on the activities her employer's children took part in, as well as checking safety points at the house every morning. "Most of it is common sense, but they are making us do all this other paperwork. It's just insane."
Big brother is determined to get you one way or another folks!