I’m 17 years old, but I will be 18 at the start of this job. I will be required to feed, dress, entertain, and care for a one-year-old girl. In addition to those basic requirements, I will also be required to do some minor chores (dishes, the child’s laundry).

This job will be from Monday-Friday from 8:30-6:30.

I normally charge $10/hour for babysitting. At this rate, I would be working for $500/week. However, I will be working 50 hours a week, and it is my understanding that I should receive overtime for the 10 hours over 40 hours a week I will be working. In this case, I should be charging $550/week.

Should I charge the overtime fee of $15/hour or is $500-$550/week too much?

I live in Northern New Jersey-about 30-45 minutes from New York City, depending on traffic.

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Taxing soda was not good enough now its banning salt. What is next???

http://consumerfreedom.com/news_detail.cfm/h/4122-new-york-considers-legislation-to-ban-salt-in-restaurants
March 9, 2010

New York Considers Legislation to Ban Salt in Restaurants

New York Considers Legislation to Ban Salt in Restaurants

Not content with just trying to tax soft drinks, New York’s nanny-state politicians are also considering legislation to prohibit the use of salt in the preparation of restaurant food. Assemblyman Felix Ortiz introduced this absurdist bill on March 5. Ortiz is one of New York’s more strident food cops, having already introduced strict restaurant menu labeling proposals in the past. He is also following in the steps of fellow food nanny Mayor Michael Bloomberg who went so far as to compare salt to carcinogenic asbestos.

Reality check: Besides representing another attempt to run people’s lives, regulating salt intake would have few to no health benefits. A University of California study published last year found that our bodies naturally regulate sodium intake, ensuring that sodium levels remain within a certain range at all times.
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Bloomberg and Health Dept. now attacking New Yorkers’ salt intake …
Jan 11, 2010 … Table salt, which accounts for a minuscule amount of a person’s salt intake, … meaning there will be no fines or bans for non-compliance. …
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Democrats want you to know that your McDonald’s Angus Burger meal has about 1,500 calories — before you buy and burp.

Buried deep in the House health care bill is a provision, likely to raise nanny-state hackles, requiring fast-food chains and vending machine owners to notify customers of calorie counts — by conspicuously posting nutritional information on menus or machines.

The provision — Section 2572 — requires retail food establishments “part of a chain with 20 or more locations” to list calorie counts “on the menu board including a drive-through board,” as is currently required in New York City and other localities.

A “vending machine operator shall provide a sign in close proximity to each article of food or the selection button” that includes similar data.

Exemptions include items that will be on the menu for less than 60 days — and limited test runs of food products.

http://www.politico.com/blogs/glennthrush/1009/Health_care_bill_Calorie_counts_for_Big_Macs_vending_machines.html

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