Hi there -
When my first was born, another mom and I did exactly what you described. We had an empty office space for our agency and we hired a college student to come and babysit. It worked out wonderfully. Administratively, we talked to our business atty who helped us craft waivers that both the moms and the sitter had to sign saying that we were all clear that the business was not hiring the sitter, and that the moms and sitter held the agency harmless if something went wrong. Of course, I'm not an attorney...but that's how it worked for us. And it really was a fabulous way to balance childcare and fulltime work. It stopped working when the kids got to be around 2 years old and needed more structure than freeform babysitting, but until then it was really nice.
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When my first was born, another mom and I did exactly what you described. We had an empty office space for our agency and we hired a college student to come and babysit. It worked out wonderfully. Administratively, we talked to our business atty who helped us craft waivers that both the moms and the sitter had to sign saying that we were all clear that the business was not hiring the sitter, and that the moms and sitter held the agency harmless if something went wrong. Of course, I'm not an attorney...but that's how it worked for us. And it really was a fabulous way to balance childcare and fulltime work. It stopped working when the kids got to be around 2 years old and needed more structure than freeform babysitting, but until then it was really nice.
