Dear Moneyist, Should I continue to pay my housekeeper during the coronavirus pandemic? I asked her to stay home.
My housekeeper would like to receive money while she’s not working. She works for me for 4 hours a month, and I pay her approximately $120 cash each month. We pay her well, although she is hardly a full-time worker. In fact, she is barely part time. She has helped us out around the house for about 8 months. I had a bad case of the regular flu, and I asked her not to come last month. I do not believe that I had COVID-19. I do not know whether she has a valid working visa, or not.
We are afraid to have her here because she lives in a house with several people who belong to some kind of religious cult. We need to be careful not to contract coronavirus. We will basically meet every person she has come into contact with, if she comes here to clean. She has asked that I send her money for “unpaid wages,” or days that she has not worked. I would like to help her, but I thought she was self-employed and, therefore, was aware that her income would fluctuate.
The Moneyist: ‘Coronavirus has ruined everything.’ My husband refuses to work. Is it too much to ask him to find a job when millions of people are now out of work? I’ve suggested jobs with car services and food-delivery services, but to no avail I tell you that not to “virtue signal,” but to say that we all bring our own world view to such situations. That is mine — a first-generation Irishman in America. I am also mindful of the generations of Irish immigrants who came to the U.S. before me were not always as fortunate as I have been. And so I suggest you pay her for the time you were sick; if you don’t want to continue the working relationship because of her living circumstances and/or the COVID-19 pandemic, that’s OK too.
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