By Tom Breedlove, HomePay by Breedlove<\/a><\/em><\/strong><\/p>\n The holiday season is just around the corner, which means families are starting to make plans to travel, see loved ones and use up the rest of their vacation days before 2015 begins. So with the idea of time off on many people\u2019s minds, it\u2019s a good time to talk about how things like vacation and sick days work if you employ an in-home caregiver. Many of us are simply told when we began our current job how many vacation days, sick days or personal days we get each year and we just accept that. But did you know there are federal and state labor laws in place that dictate paid time off?<\/p>\n If you employ a caregiver in your home, federal law does not explicitly require you to offer any form of paid time off to your employee. However, in the state of New York, after (more…)<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":" By Tom Breedlove, HomePay by Breedlove The holiday season is just around the corner, which means families are starting to make plans to travel, see loved ones and use up the rest of their vacation days before 2015 begins. So…<\/span><\/p>\n