Why are nannies treated like both hourly and salaried employees?
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Anonymous
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For the record we pay our nanny very well and do all these things. I just get frustrated when at times (like the huge snow storm where nanny can’t make it in and then refuses to come in again the next day despite being offered safe transportation here) that I’m always supposed to pay her no matter what but also supposed to pay for every minute over our schedule on a given day.
Hourly employees generally have the benefit of overtime pay and being paid for every minute worked. The drawback is they don’t get a lot of paid vacation, generally don’t get paid for time they don’t work, and can be subject to schedule changes. Salaried employees get the benefit of paid vacation and paid holidays. They get paid whether or not they’re able to show up and do their job. The drawback is they don’t get paid extra for every minute they work over their regular schedule in a given day. My husbands job is one and mine is the other. It feels like nannies get both. And yes I’m partially just frustrated at the moment that dh wasn’t able to do his job and therefore wasn’t paid bc our nanny wouldn’t come in with provided transportation or stay overnight to prevent this problem (she doesn’t have kids or pets) but we still have to pay her. I in no way think nannies should be poorly paid or paid off the books or nickled and dimed, but I also don’t think they have some special status that elevates things above literally all over workers at regular companies. |
Anonymous
| By law nannies are hourly and entitled to overtime. The market dictates the rest. You don’t have to give paid vacation or sick time, but your candidate pool will be those who cannot command such things. Seems very shortsighted for someone taking care of your kids. |
Anonymous
| If being a nanny is such a great thing, your husband should do it instead of his job that you are complaining about. |
Anonymous
| My dad owns a construction company and grumbles about this too. He's got lots of guys who want to work a few hours extra one day so that they can take off early another day and that's not allowed. |
Anonymous
I would also decline spending the night at my bosses house. If I did they were to be some expectation of being on even off work hours. No thank you those are boundaries that I do not cross. |
Anonymous
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Nannies are hourly employees. The IRS has been very clear on this point, and any attempt to salary or 1099 them is illegal (which doesn't stop people from doing it).
You are not required to provide a nanny with paid vacation days, but that may make you a less attractive employer if others are doing that. Depending on the state, you may be required to provide a nanny with paid sick leave (in California it's required). |
Anonymous
| Hourly employees cannot accrue compensatory tme because to many cheap employers like you never allow them to take their compensatory time off. As you are so outraged about then you or your DH should quit our jobs and stay home and take care of your own children. Otherwise, shut up. |
Anonymous
| I will preface this saying I do not have a nanny, but here are my thoughts. If she misses a day of work due to snow, why would you pay her for that day? It seems to me, she should either use a vacation day or take it unpaid. |
Anonymous
Employers of nanny’s shouldn’t be so cheap to complain about paying a snow days. |
Anonymous
There are lots of employees who don't get paid if they make the choice not to show up for work. Why are nannies different? If I don't want to go to work on a snowy day and my company has not made the call to be closed, I have to take a day of leave. Why is it "cheap" not to pay someone for work they didn't do? |
Anonymous
You can be as cheap as you want, but don't be sad when your nanny quits to go work for someone who offers better conditions. |
Anonymous
| Make her take sick or vacation leave if she doesn’t want to come in the day after the snow. Sounds like she’s not a good fit though, and I’d get a new nanny. |
Anonymous
It’s a racket. The nannies on this thread can think of no valid reason why they demand to be paid when they don’t work, so they resort to name-calling. Glad the kids have aged out of the need for child care. |
Anonymous
Exactly. It doesn't matter whether you think it's cheap or generous. If your employee can do better, she will. |
Anonymous
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They are not just any employees, these are the women who are watching your most precious treasures. Treat them with kindness and humanity. The distain some of you have for these ladies is very disconcerting. If you don't want to pay them, fine, but they will go somewhere where they are treated better.
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