Q. Who pays the taxes? Click here for Who is a domestic or household employer in California?  Other tax info

There are pay roll services that will pay the taxes from your account for your employees. Your own bank may have one.  For example, PayCheck 1-800-322-7292 charges about $50.00 a month per worker for two pay periods a month, and they will handle all the paperwork for that fee.  We are not endorsing the payroll services PayCheck, but list them only as an example.  We strongly recommend that you check around, there are many payroll services to be found and you may be able to find a better rate. 

Q. What are the user fees to subscribe to QuickMatch?. 

A. There is not a fee for accessing QuickMatch or using our services.  Donations are always appreciated and will fund QuickMatch into the future.

Q. Who is the employer of these workers?

A.  You are the employer, you must pay their payroll tax unless you are receiving IHSS from the county.  If you are receiving IHSS, then the IHSS Public Authority is the employer of record. 

Q:  What is IHSS and how do I apply?

A.  You may be eligible for IHSS if you:  Are a current recipient of Supplemental Security Income/State Supplementary Payment (SSI/SSP); or You meet all the eligibility criteria for SSI/SSP except that your income is in excess of the SSI/SSP income levels; or You meet all the eligibility criteria for SSI/SSP, including income, but do not receive SSI/SSP; or You are a Medi-Cal recipient who meets SSI/SSP disability criteria. Please call Marin County IHSS at 415-499-7118 TTY users please dial 7-1-1 from your TTY and ask the operator to call 415-499-7118. 

Q: Who sets the pay scale?

A:  It runs $9.75 to $20.00 an hour.  The actual rate is between you and the worker, unless you receive IHSS.  IHSS workers belong to SEIU Local 250.  Their union and the IHSS Public Authority of Marin set the county rate, currently at $9.75 and hour.

Q. Who is the IHSS Public Authority?

A.  They are the employer of record for all IHSS workers.  They also have they own pool of workers.  You can also try to find a worker from them by calling 415-499-1024.  TTY users should call 7-1-1 and ask the operation to call the number.

Q.  What happens if my worker is a no show?

A.   Life happens while we are busy making plans.  Even the best worker can have something occur where on the last minute they can not make it to work, and in a worse case situation, can not even call in.   You need a back up plan.  If you do not have a fill in attendant available and it is after normal business hours, log on to the webpage, click on the emergency list of workers and call one of them.

Q. Who pays the emergency worker?

A.  You do, and they my not be willing to accept IHSS wages.  In these cases, you may need to have as much as $80 to $200 on hand depending on what you need.  The rate is set at $20.00 an hour for emergency workers, most want a minimum of four hours.

Q. What if I only need two hours of help?

A.  You are the employer, negotiate, tell them you can only pay $40.00 for two hours work, or whatever your situation is.   

Q. What are my other options?

A.  You need to prepare for the worst day.  Make friends with other people who use workers too.  People often share workers with their friends in an crises.

Q. I don’t know where to meet people.

A.  We have a couple of suggestions.  Join a support group, Marin CIL can help you locate a group to join.  You can also sign-up for the Consumer Email discussion group.  This email group will put you in contact with your peers.

Q. Who can I talk to for more ideas?

A.  Call Marin CIL or West Marin Senior Services.

Q. What happens if I find workers off the web and I do not follow the rule to report all filled jobs within 5 workings days.

A.  You could lose access to the webpage of workers.  We need more now than ever to show our funders that their investment into Marin CIL results in improving the lives of people with disabilities. 

Q. Am I allowed to share the list with another person with a disability? 

A.  The short answer is we can’t stop you. And in an emergency, our rule is whatever works to get the need met.   But we ask that you consider the value of this free service to you and that you understand that if we lose the ability to show our funders that this webpage results in people finding workers, we will lose the funding and you could lose access to this webpage forever.   

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