Flat night rate
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Anonymous
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We will have to ask our nanny to stay with our son for a few nights. What kind of flat rate should we offer her for the nights ?
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Anonymous
I do night time ,my boss pay normal baby sitter until 12::am the next day start again,again.... |
Anonymous
| I don't get this" flat" rate for overnight for nannies. This is just another way the get screwed. Nannies are hourly employees and she should be paid her OT rate. S i w as t if the kid is sleeping, she has to be there and sleep with an ear on the kid. So she doesn't get much 'rest. As he is crazy to accept a flat rate and you are cheap and screwing your nanny. |
Anonymous
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It depends on the age of your child, OP, and whether they are able to sleep through the night.
If your child is likely to wake several times during the night, you should pay the daily hourly rate (including OT). If your child is old enough to sleep through the night, you can propose a flat rate of $50-$100/night. If your child usually sleeps through the night, but wakes, you should pay the flat rate and the hourly rate the nanny has to attend your child when you child wakes. |
Anonymous
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If the nanny cannot leave - she is working. When you work you get your hourly wage plus overtime.
This crap with the "overnight wage" has to stop! I am not in my own bed, I am not taking care of my own family and I cannot leave your child - how is that NOT WORKING? |
Anonymous
+1 Nannies need to say no to this nonsense. My sister is a nurse and on nights she has to sleep in the hospital she is paid full wages - no one discounts her salary because she is sleeping. She is on call if there is an emergency - just like any nanny. |
Anonymous
Exactly. I hardly even sleep when I know I'm on-call. Of course you pay me my normal rates. If you can't afford it, just ask someone else who owes you a favor, OP. |
Anonymous
And only the nanny can stop this practice. Just say NO. |
Anonymous
You nanny is legally an hourly employee - there is no "flat rate". She should be paid her hourly wage and overtime when her hours go over 40 in one work week. |
Anonymous
If you aren't interested then don't worry yourself. I personally don't mind flat rate. I would GLADLY accept $75 to sleep at someone else's house, that is free money. If I have to get up and do a minor amount of work to earn that money then so be it.... If you are too stuck up to accept such a position then your opinion is not required in this thread. |
Anonymous
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I am sorry the nannies are being so rude. It sounds like you are unfamiliar with overnight rates.
I assume you did not address overnights in your contract since you are asking. Therefore, you need to make this a discussion just like you would have during the initial contract negotiations. We can tell you what range is reasonable but ultimately, your nanny deserves to be approached and have her opinion heard. My MB pays me a flat rate of $125. That is less then the cost of me working from 6pm to 8am at an hourly rate, even before you factor in the overtime. I don't have a lot of experience and this is my first time doing overnights. Your nanny may have more experience and so she may be expecting what seems to be the norm - hourly pay including overtime. |
Anonymous
| We have an impostor on this thread. |
Anonymous
| OP, as you can see it depends on your child, their sleeping schedule, and your nanny. Typically with infants who wake up your nanny would expect her hourly/OT rate for the night. For kids who are older and will sleep through the night, lots of nannies are happy with a flat rate. But remember even if your child sleeps through the night, her hourly rate starts the minute he wakes up - not when you expect him to wake up. She'll need to track her hours to be fairly compensated. |
Anonymous
16:43 |
Anonymous
This is off topic but I think if a nurse works nights ideally she sleeps in the day time as a result. She doesn't sleep at the hospital. You wouldn't sleep at work of you had regular hours. |