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[quote=Anonymous]My nanny’s one year anniversary is coming up but we are torn about what to do for a raise. We hired her before we were clear about how often we would need  to be back in the office and it turns out we have to be in less than anticipated so we don’t need her for as many hours. Right now our nanny is contracted to work from 9am to 5pm for 40 hours guaranteed per week, however we usually pay overtime for around 5 hours per week as well which accounts mostly for her coming early when DH and I both have to be in the office on the same days, or if we come home late. We pay this overtime despite her not actually working the full 40 hours she is contracted for since our child was in a 2 day a week preschool program and I would usually drop him off in the morning so she just comes at 11:30am to pick him up. In the fall our son will be in school 5 days per week from 9am-12pm so in theory we need her even less hours.

All said, we love our nanny and need to keep her full time to ensure we are covered when there are holidays, sick days, breaks, etc. I am just not sure how we can justify increasing her hourly rate to work even less and still guarantee the 40 hours since she needs a full time job, and then keep paying overtime on top. It seems like one option would be to give her an hourly raise but shift her hours so we no longer have to pay her overtime and two days per week she would work 7:30-5pm, one day she would work 11-7pm and then the other two are 11-5. She would still work less hours than this but not paying overtime would be helpful for us, although she would be making a little less. The other option is to not give her a raise and keep things status quo, but I don’t love paying overtime when she doesn’t work her regular 40 hours.

What would you do here? Want to come up with a solution that is fair for both of us, and knowing that our son will continue being in school for a longer day we want to be smart about this now so we can continue with the same plan year after year.[/quote]

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