Map: The average cost for child care by state. Child care is one of the highest budget items for a family and Massachusetts is among the least affordable states with an annual cost of $16,430, according to Child Care Aware of America.The group advocates for a high quality child care system and gathers and analyzes child care data.hild care is one of the highest budget items for a family and Massachusetts is among the least affordable states with an annual cost of $16,430, according to Child Care Aware of America.
A worker who works for a person under a contract. Contract employees are hired for performing definite jobs at a given rate. Contract employees do not add to the regular staff and so they are not regarded as permanent employees.ontract employees are hired for performing definite jobs at a given rate. Contract employees do not add to the regular staff and so they are not regarded as permanent employees.
A zero-hour contract (or low-hour contract) is the name given to a type of contract, where the employer purports to have the discretion to vary the employee's working hours, usually anywhere from full-time to zero hours.hus, when deciding whether a zero-hours contract constitutes a contract of employment, conferring employee status, the wording of the contract will not be determinative of whether there is, in practice, a mutuality of obligation.