As a general rule, no. You wouldn’t pay a contractor to do a repair in advance. Once you advance the money, and they don’t show up again, you have no recourse.
We payed privately for a wonderful woman to care for our parents before they moved to AL. Although she tucked her halo and wings out of sight while working, we never paid in advance. We did negotiate however and change terms along the way as needed. She asked for cash every Friday in the beginning, which I declined since, as POA, I need a paper trail of all payments. We did pay by check every Friday until my parents couldn’t write it out any more, about a year. Then we went to pay by auto-billing from the bank. I required a time sheet, if you will, that she hand wrote and was consecutive for the month..a running list more or less. She texted a photo every week for documentation of new hours (even though in all reality her check was in the mail.) By that time we trusted her completely. We also after many months allowed a flex ‘time bank’ ( she always worked a bit more and I wanted to honor her time!) She ended up building up time, once used it for a day off and she even gave us advance notice. And we gave her payment at the end for all the extra 15 mins and 30 mins buts she had accumulated. We might have had a very uncommon experience, she was wonderful and we were so very very blessed to have her care for our parents. Hope this helps! Good luck
Did you ever get a paycheck in advance? I bet not. No you do not pay anyone in advance. What incentive is there to show up at work? You hire the caregiver and they work X number of hours then they are paid. You can pay daily if that is the agreement. You can pay weekly, bi weekly and less common monthly. And the payment schedule is typically contained in the contract. (Make sure you are taking out for taxes and reporting the income)
I would love to hear why the OP is asking this question.
I paid a woman to bathe Mom. She came 3x a week. I paid her on Friday, the last day she worked that week.
I would think daily aides have timesheets they need to hand in weekly. It would have to do with who pays the bills. If its caring for a spouse and the other spouse is there, then the aide gets paid at the eow. When I worked, I was not paid for my week till the end of the next week because a payroll company was involved. So when I left that job, I was owed a check.
No you do not pay anyone in advance. What incentive is there to show up at work?
You hire the caregiver and they work X number of hours then they are paid.
You can pay daily if that is the agreement.
You can pay weekly, bi weekly and less common monthly.
And the payment schedule is typically contained in the contract.
(Make sure you are taking out for taxes and reporting the income)
I imagine it would be negotiable depending on the demand for caregivers and the formality of the arrangement.
I paid a woman to bathe Mom. She came 3x a week. I paid her on Friday, the last day she worked that week.
I would think daily aides have timesheets they need to hand in weekly. It would have to do with who pays the bills. If its caring for a spouse and the other spouse is there, then the aide gets paid at the eow. When I worked, I was not paid for my week till the end of the next week because a payroll company was involved. So when I left that job, I was owed a check.
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