How to pay a part time nanny?

[Anonymous]

My new nanny works from 4times a week from 8am till 1pm. Do we need to give her benefits such as paid holidays? What about her own personal vacation, do we have to pay her too? If we go on vacation is she entitled to get paid while we are away? Please help. Thanks.

[Anonymous]

Paid holidays: if she typically works Mondays, for example, and there's a holiday that falls on that day, then yes, pay her.
It would be generous to give her paid vacation, yes.
Yes, if you go away on vacation, pay her!

If you choose to not pay her for any of those occasions, you'll be looking for a new nanny soon most likely.

[Anonymous]

If this person is your primary/sole source of childcare, ie if you are depending on her, I think you have to do two things: 1, figure out all of this now (and make sure she agrees), and 2, put it in writing for future reference. It's not that you need a "contract" that one of you will later use to sue the other...it's that it helps when you're on the same page.

If this is more of a spare pair of hands, I wouldn't sweat it as much.

To answer your questions, we pay our PT nanny for federal holidays that fall on days she'd be working as PP suggested. We offer guaranteed hours--meaning, if she doesn't need to work bc we're out of town, or we're hosting a grandparent, we pay for that time. We also give vacation time and sick time. It's honestly not a huge amount of money and goes a long way in terms of loyalty (she's worked for us for 3 years).

[Anonymous]

PP nailed it. I won't cost you much to give a prorated benefit package but will gain you plenty in the good will department.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:If this person is your primary/sole source of childcare, ie if you are depending on her, I think you have to do two things: 1, figure out all of this now (and make sure she agrees), and 2, put it in writing for future reference. It's not that you need a "contract" that one of you will later use to sue the other...it's that it helps when you're on the same page.

If this is more of a spare pair of hands, I wouldn't sweat it as much.

To answer your questions, we pay our PT nanny for federal holidays that fall on days she'd be working as PP suggested. We offer guaranteed hours--meaning, if she doesn't need to work bc we're out of town, or we're hosting a grandparent, we pay for that time. We also give vacation time and sick time. It's honestly not a huge amount of money and goes a long way in terms of loyalty (she's worked for us for 3 years).

How much paid leave do you give to your PT nanny? 5 days a year?

[Anonymous]

I gave my PT nanny the same number of days (12, 1 accrued per month), but they were her PT days (so 5 hours of PTO, not 8).

Your nanny only works 4 days a week, so I might do 8 days, which is two weeks of PTO, each day worth 5 hours of PTO.