Convoluted Nanny Share
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Anonymous
| Hello! I am considering a nanny share that has split days between the families. Family A two days, Family B one day, and both Family A & B two days. Anyone been there done that? I guess my biggest concern is vacation days. Sick days will be what they will be, but that could get tricky too if I actually needed to use a lot of them. I guess it makes sense to say I have 4 vacation days with Family A, 2 vacation days with Family B, and 4 vacation days with both families. Is that what you did? |
Anonymous
| Sounds complicated. I would find a less convoluted situation, this will become stressful when unexpected things happen since the routine is already complicated. |
Anonymous
Yes it's complicated and may not work out for a number of reasons, but I'm not scared of a little complication. IF I move forward with this position I would want to lay everything out as much as possible in the contract. I think another option is doing 3wweks PTO including sick time in that. And those 3 weeks would be properly divided among the day per family. Any other advice or concerns that people can think of? Anything more elaborate than "too complicated"? |
Anonymous
Think about how you might want to use your PTO, too. Dividing it by family this way ties you to specific days. If you use a whole week, it works great, but what if there are three Wednesdays you get sick? Do you take one unpaid even though you have PTO left? Maybe you do, but if that's the way you want to do this, I would also ask that any remaining PTO, including sick leave, be paid out at the end of the year (or roll over to be paid out at the end of employment if they're willing to roll over). |
Anonymous
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I think dividing it amongst the families would get way too complicated. I would say that you would put in a good faith effort to keep it even, but can't guarantee it, and you get paid your normal weekly rate from each family no matter what (provided it's within your allotted PTO).
If I were in need of child care in such a complicated situation, I would be willing to concede on this point in order to make it work. I guarantee you they do not have quality candidates lining up to take this job. |
Anonymous
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This is one of those situations where you really need to understand how a nanny share is a joint employment situation. Make sure you have a weekly rate/total payment that you are happy with. Make sure you have enough contracted PTO. Then , let the employers worry about who pays what fraction or how to handle unequal PTO burden.
I would also go a step further and make sure it's crystal clear you are entitled to OT once you go over 40 horse total for the week. You didn't mention total hours, but your situations seems to have a high likelihood you at working for one or both families under 40 hours individually. Once you go over 40 total you are entitled to OT on your blended base rate. |
Anonymous
| OP here. Thanks for the thoughts, it makes sense not to limit myself unnecessarily. Also thinking, Monday's are single family and they would be covering a larger number of holidays. Lots to think about for this all to come together nicely. |
Anonymous
If that's true, there's a good chance they're going to ask to "swap" Mondays for another day on some weeks with holidays. Think about what you will do to your rate if the second family wants to join in on the single family days. |