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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]I always feel like we are kind of getting screwed in this situation too.

We typically need 45-48 hours of care per week.

When we go on vacation or there’s a snow day or even if our nanny takes the week off, we still pay her, but I don’t feel I should have to pay the 5-8 hours of overtime (and if I do, I don’t feel it should be at time and a half). I feel it should be her rate based on a 40 hour week.

Same with when there’s a holiday. Like I’m happy to pay for major holidays, but let’s say Monday is the 4th of July and then she works tues-Friday that week, but it only comes out to 32 hours because it’s a lighter week than normal and she was off on Monday.  Why do I have to pay her the same as if she worked a 48 hour week? Why do I still have to pay for 5-8 hours of overtime? I feel I should only have to pay for a 40 hour week.

Our nanny seems to feel like she is entitled to the exact same pay, 52 weeks of the year, regardless of what’s actually happening snd if I try to cut it back based on the above, she gets upset and confused.[/quote]

Ha!  I’m going through this exact thing with my nanny right now. She keeps referring to her “weekly rate”, which of course, it’s not a weekly rate, it’s hourly. She wants to be paid for 50 hours per week regardless of how much she works.  The contract even says we’re only committed to 40 hours at her hourly rate, but she still expects the “weekly rate”. I think she just doesn’t actually understand that she’s an hourly employee. [/quote]

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