DUers who use teenage babysitters - do you pay them at least $15 per hour?

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112. Except it's not that simple

The point being those are actually two different issues. Advocating for higher minimum wage means advocating to change the portion of the FLSA governing minimum wages. The FLSA already specifically exempts babysitters who work on a casual basis along with other types of workers. So people who are petitioning their elected representatives to change the minimum wage floor provision of the FLSA aren't necessarily also petitioning them to remove the babysitter exclusion. Likewise those who feel babysitters who work on a casual basis aren't being fairly compensated are free to petition their elected representatives to remove that specific exemption.

The reason for the exclusion in the law is pretty simple. Someone who works as a casual babysitter probably isn't going to be trying to support themselves with that income. You can also get drop off daycare at a licensed commercial facility for less than the minimum wage hourly rate. So forcing people to pay the neighbor's teenager to watch your child minimum wage would needlessly price them out of the market.