Preschool and keeping a full time nanny

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Anonymous wrote:Why does she have to do anything? You are paid for downtime so why shouldn't she be paid the same?

Exactly. Unless you're on commission.

Hourly employees, like nannies, are rarely paid for their downtime. In any position I have held that is hourly, I have been required to clock out for my break. I'm not saying OP should fill her nanny's time with pointless tasks, but she definitely is not obligated to pay her for time she is not working. It would benefit them both to collaboratively come up with a potential list of tasks to be completed during the 2 hours DC will be in school.

And if she didn't pay the nanny the nanny could take a class during that time. So when dc gets sick or there's a random holiday she is stuck without childcare.

If you would read before reacting, you would see that I never suggested that she not pay. I understand the need to retain the nanny during the time that the child is in school, but the nanny is not entitled to two free hours of pay just because it's "downtime" as the PP suggested.