How much to pay live-out nanny for overnight stay?

[Anonymous]

My husband will be traveling for 3 days and our nanny has agreed to spend 2 nights at home with me and the kids. I need to figure out how much I should pay her for the hours when she will be sleeping. She will most likely not need to wake up with the kids at night, but she might - thats the whole point of asking her to stay the night is to take care of the younger one (who she looks after full time during the day) if both kids are awake in the middle of the night.

Thanks much

[Anonymous]

I've paid our nanny $75 for an overnight when I wasn't there. I got the advice to pay the usual hourly rate when kids are awake and $75 for the rest of the night when kids are asleep.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:I've paid our nanny $75 for an overnight when I wasn't there. I got the advice to pay the usual hourly rate when kids are awake and $75 for the rest of the night when kids are asleep.

+ 1 this is what I get for overnights. A flat $75/night. If the kids wake up I get my hourly rate for those night time awake hours.

Will you pay her the hourly rate until the kids are in bed asleep?? You may run into over time.
Is she working during the days too??

[Anonymous]

Federal law requires minimum wage for each hour that she is on call, regardless of whether you think she is "working" or not.

[Anonymous]

We have done this with our nanny. We pay her overtime rate for any hours that she works beyond her regular workday, and then $75 for the overnights.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:Federal law requires minimum wage for each hour that she is on call, regardless of whether you think she is "working" or not.

Source?

[Anonymous]

OP if it were me, I'd be happy with a flat overnight rate of $50-$75 each night but if I'm up with a child I'd expect - on top of the flat rate - at least my hourly rate for the hour they're awake plus a bit more for the time it'll take me to settle back to sleep. (If she gets up with your younger one and s/he's asleep again 20 minutes later, pay her for the full hour at least!)

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:Federal law requires minimum wage for each hour that she is on call, regardless of whether you think she is "working" or not.

Source?

NP here. Can't you confirm with Dept of Wage and Labor or your accountant? You don't like it, do you? Too bad.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:Federal law requires minimum wage for each hour that she is on call, regardless of whether you think she is "working" or not.

Source?

NP here. Can't you confirm with Dept of Wage and Labor or your accountant? You don't like it, do you? Too bad.

It's actually not true, though. Federal law doesn't require any pay at all for 8 hours of a 24 hour shift provided there is a reasonable expectation of sleep and you actually do sleep.

Not that I'd suggest that, but you should be familiar with the law before you get snotty about it.