Former Au Pair babysitting rate

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:Give her 1K for the week. She volunteered to do it. She is illegal to work.

No, she isn’t “illegal to work”, you idiot.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:Op - I am not “cheaping out” but $3,000 for this seems excessive. She’s with the kids “working” when they are with her and awake for about 8 hours a day at most. That times $20 plus $100 for overnight (would be 6 nights) is $1720. Yes she would be on call in case the kids can’t be in school but that is very unlikely and they are all old enough to entertain and mostly take care of themselves. Just not to stay alone.

She has until recently been making $250/week as an au pair. And yes she is allowed to work here.

Does she have a green card? Of course not. It is despicable to take advantage of an undocumented person. In my opinion, it is just a new form of slavery. You are totally without any sense of decency, OP.

[Anonymous]

She has working papers and is allowed to work. It’s called an employment authorization document. Retract your claws.

[Anonymous]

She has to earn at least minimum wage for every hour (awake, asleep or kids in school) that she’s responsible for the kids. So minimum wage for every hour you’re gone.

This is far easier than trying to compute what waking hours vs sleeping hours vs school hours. What’s the minimum wage in your state and how many hours will she be in charge? That’s the least you can pay her.

[Anonymous]

OP isn't even paying OT.