Full-Time Nanny-Benefits?
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Anonymous
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What are the usual benefits given to a full-time nanny?
Insurance? Paid vacation? We're switching from part-time to full and looking for a little guidance. We're also going from 1 to 2 kids so I'm assuming I need to increase pay by a bit. Thanks! |
Anonymous
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Guaranteed hours - pay her even when you go on vacation or ask her not to work
Paid federal holidays 2 weeks paid vacation 1 week PTO that can be used when nanny is sick, can't come in due to weather, has a family emergency, etc. Some families offer health insurance, you can offer to pay half her monthly premium |
Anonymous
Agreed. I don't think it's the norm to offer health/dental insurance unless you have a very well educated and experienced nanny. |
Anonymous
| I have full health coverage as well as all these other things. |
Anonymous
+2 Agree with all of this. Health insurance is becoming a common FT benefit among some nannies, but typically those with exceptional education or experience. Everything else sounds standard - although often one week of the vacation is given at the employer's discretion. |
Anonymous
| Is every Federal Holiday off really necessary? I understand the big ones like Thanksgiving, Christmas, Memorial Day ... We (the employers) do not work for the government so only get the major ones off ourselves. |
Anonymous
I think it's fine to only give the ones you yourself get off, just make it clear which ones you are giving off right up front and include it in your contract so that you and the Nanny are all on the same page. Also recognize that this might make your overall offer less appealing to a nanny, so it might be worth it to consider what benefits are easier for your family to offer. More PTO elsewhere in the year? An insurance stipend? etc. |
Anonymous
Thanks! |
Anonymous
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Families should not have to feel like they need to give every Federal holiday off to nanny. I know this area is more prone to people getting a lot of Federal holidays off because of the Government, but it is not a standard to give to nannies. I have worked for families who did get those holidays off and I didn't and I was not resentful. This gave many of them the opportunity to do errands and stuff they couldn't usually do because of work.
But 2 weeks of vacation, either all or part of health care paid, 5 personal days, and the major holidays are a good starting point. |
Anonymous
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1. Good salary
2. Health Insurance 3. Federal Holidays 4. Sick days 5. money for gas and if nanny takes kids to the zoo and other places 6. Bonuses 7. Food if you are generous, or if she forgets lunch she can make a sadwich or something 8. Pay her cell phone 9. Give her a car or pay her mileage and fixing |
Anonymous
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we love our nanny and here's our package:
2 weeks paid vacation. Federal holidays off that we get off. Welcome to eat anything in the house always. Don't micromanage her. No formal "policy" on sick days/inclement weather days, but if she's sick, we still pay her (she doesn't take advantage and I don't want her coming if she's sick) and if there's too much snow for safe driving (i.e. we have work off) we tell her not to come and still pay her. We also don't dock her time/pay or anything like that for Dr's appointments, taking husband to airport during work hours etc. Guaranteed hours and let her go early when possible. bonus at the holidays and birthday gif ($) Annual raise gas money for driving our toddler to the park I do not think paying health insurance is standard. We don't pay it. She's never asked. |
Anonymous
We offer this. We did not initially offer health insurance, but added it as a benefit in our third year instead of the same yearly raise (DD was going to preschool, so nanny had an easier job and was already being paid at the high end of market.) We only offer the paid holidays we get at work, so not all fed holidays. We would never pay for nanny's cell phone. |
Anonymous
What?? No, most nannies do not have their cell phones paid for. Maybe a small percentage of live-in nannies and even fewer LO but that is ridiculous IMO. And yes, you should pay mileage but if you do that is compensation for both gas (so subtract #5) and maintenance - you don't need to pay more than that unless your nanny negotiates annual detailing (or you know that your kids are likely to do a lot of damage to her car given the terms of the job, in which case it would be nice to offer to have it cleaned thoroughly every six months). |
Anonymous
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My standard benefits that are in the contract I use are:
*Guaranteed hours: I guarantee my availability 7 AM- 5 PM Monday through Friday (current hours) and they pay me regardless of whether they need me for all the hours that week. *2 weeks paid vacation: 1 week my choice, 1 week their choice. *5 days PTO: sick days, dr's appts, etc *Paid federal holidays: If my employers are off I am off. *Mileage reimbursement at the IRS rate |
Anonymous
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Me interesa el trabajo, pero no hablo ingles.
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