Overnight money

[Anonymous]

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Anonymous wrote:Nanny here. Yes I charge my hourly rate until 9pm then $100 for overnight until 7am .

You Re cheating yourself. Unless you can leave the house, you should be paid your hourly rate plus OT as applicable. $100 for sleeping hours isn't even minimum wage.

NP. I can see both sides. I used to travel for work and no, I didn't get paid for the time I slept in a hotel. And in my case, I had to secure child / pet care back home, and none of that was compensated (or even acknowledged!). I was paid hourly, not salaried (independent contractor), so somewhat like a nanny.

But I guess on the other hand, because the nanny has to be "on call" if a child wakes up and needs comfort at night, which I didn't in my own job, it does seem like she should be getting something.

What about splitting the difference - nanny gets some agreed upon wage for the sleeping hours, BUT if the kid wakes up (say nanny is actually on duty from 2 - 3 AM with crying kid), she gets her hourly rate for that hour (or even higher, since as a mom I know how much those middle of the night duties suck!).

[Anonymous]

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Anonymous wrote:Nanny here. Yes I charge my hourly rate until 9pm then $100 for overnight until 7am .

You Re cheating yourself. Unless you can leave the house, you should be paid your hourly rate plus OT as applicable. $100 for sleeping hours isn't even minimum wage.

NP. I can see both sides. I used to travel for work and no, I didn't get paid for the time I slept in a hotel. And in my case, I had to secure child / pet care back home, and none of that was compensated (or even acknowledged!). I was paid hourly, not salaried (independent contractor), so somewhat like a nanny.

But I guess on the other hand, because the nanny has to be "on call" if a child wakes up and needs comfort at night, which I didn't in my own job, it does seem like she should be getting something.

What about splitting the difference - nanny gets some agreed upon wage for the sleeping hours, BUT if the kid wakes up (say nanny is actually on duty from 2 - 3 AM with crying kid), she gets her hourly rate for that hour (or even higher, since as a mom I know how much those middle of the night duties suck!).

According to the IRS, live-in nannies are paid hourly for every hour they are on except unless all of the following conditions are met:
-nanny lives in 5+ days per week, 4+ nights per week
-nanny can sleep 8 hours
-nanny has a 5+ consecutive hour sleep period

If any of the above are not met, the nanny must be paid for all hours.

If you're talking about a live-out nanny who will be staying in your home for a short time? You are supposed to pay for every hour, so count yourself lucky that she is giving you a break.

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Anonymous wrote:I paid overtime rates (presuming that we were asking for hours beyond the contracted amount for the week) for all hours the kids were awake and $75 for the overnights.

It was crazy expensive (but worth it) the few times we did it.

Oh, also - we always tried to give a paid day off to the nanny right afterwards. I didn't think it was reasonable to work a 10 day stretch w/o a break.

She is still working even if the kids are asleep. She's not working 10 hours, she's working 24/7 plus she's away from home.

Yes, but her job duties have materially changed during hours when the kids are asleep, and especially when she is asleep.

The job duties are not relevant. She's still on call an don't at home so $10 an hour or less is terrible.

Getting paid $10/hour to sleep? OH the horror!!

She is not sleeping in her home and she is working. How do you not get that. Stop being cheap or care for your own kids.

How do you not get that a job that allows you to sleep is hardly work and plenty of people accept an overnight fee under such circumstances?

Stop being a communist and telling people what they should do with their money.

If you can afford to travel you can afford to pay your babysitter or nanny well. It's really crummy to pay less than minimum wage when they are working and away from home.

Perhaps then she can do stuff in the house instead of sleep.

No, cheap-o. If you want a house cleaner, hire one.

[Anonymous]

I get $120 for overnight(flat rate) that’s the norm.