Anonymous wrote:We guarantee 50 hours a week and generally use 47, starting at 8AM and staying up until 6pm but letting her go early. We had our first overnight in 5mo so dh and I could take a staycation at a local Airbnb. Our general agreement is $150 for the night + her regular hourly rate for hours kids are awake beyond her usual hours. This week she only worked 44 of her regular hours between 8-6. She also worked 11 hours kids were up outside of 8-6. Should her overtime be 11 hours or 5 hours (plus the flat rate of $150 a night)
She charged the full 11 and I paid it but I feel like it should have only been 5 extra hours. She also asked for a half day next week even though she’s already used all her vacation time and I said sure but will still pay the full $50. It just feels a bit taken advantage of - she accounts for every extra dollar she could get but never gives back. But maybe that’s not a fair expectation
The 44 hours she worked, was that because you came home and let her go, or because she took leave, such as for a doctor's appointment?
If she is guaranteed to be paid for 8 - 6 every day, then she should be paid for those hours, and anything outside those hours would be overtime.