Nanny unhappy w compensation for driving.

[Anonymous]

We pay our nanny $19/hr for 25 hours a week (one 18 mo) Twice a week she drives DS to a class a little over a mile away. She asked to be compensated for gas etc. I used the federal mileage rate, which came out to about $12/mo. She thinks this is too low and wants $50/month. Am I crazy in thinking that is crazy? I don't think she understands what the federal rate is, but even so she's only driving 17 miles a month!

[Anonymous]

Federal mileage rate is sufficient.

[Anonymous]

Yeah she's nuts. Yikes. In any case it's not worth $12 to her to do that task so be prepared to part ways.

[Anonymous]

Hahahahahahaha! I'm guessing she lives fairly far away, and is hoping to have her commute subsidized. Nice try.

[Anonymous]

Greedy Nanny.

I would issue her her walking papers.

Good riddance.

Talk about nickel + diming.

[Anonymous]

I can't get our wonderful nanny to submit her mileage and she takes my daughter to a class every morning - most about a mile but one is a good five miles each way. She told us that she didn't want to "nickel and dime" us.

Now she is paid significantly more than your nanny, OP.

Regardless, the IRS rate is fine.

[Anonymous]

OP here, not sure what to do. She's also now insisting on a vacation payout, which we never discussed previously and that she did not get last year (her first end-of-year with us). She's so good w DS and is generally a kind, trustworthy person but this all just gives me a bad feeling.

[Anonymous]

We had this issue. You have to make her fill out a mileage book (available on Amazon) and track her mileage and then pay her the IRS reimbursement rate of 54 cents per mile. Next time also include in the contract. She is not entitled to anything else above the exact miles she drives your child.

[Anonymous]

The IRS rate is appropriate and sufficient, but I agree it sounds like something more is going on.

If you don't already have a contract that spells out all the details then you need one now.

"Nanny, I realize with the recent questions about mileage compensation and vacation payout that even though this is only a part time position we would all be well served by a contract that specifies these things. Here is a draft contract which outlines compensation, mileage reimbursement, vacation accrual and payout, etc... I used our practices from the first year of your employment as the basis for drafting this. Please let me know if you think there is anything missing, or anything we need to discuss."

Use drafting that as an opportunity to put in the things she wants clarified, and any things that you need/want clarified also. It's all a negotiation - unless you decide that you want to simply let her go.

[Anonymous]

I'm guessing she's unhappy with her hourly pay rate. My nanny drives my kid to class twice a week too (3 miles round trip) and she said not to worry about reimbursing her. We always do though. Like a previous poster said, we pay our nanny significantly more than yours. If you want to keep her, maybe you can sit down and discuss this with her?

You're right though, the 54 cents is sufficient and she shouldn't be asking for 50 dollars a month.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:I'm guessing she's unhappy with her hourly pay rate. My nanny drives my kid to class twice a week too (3 miles round trip) and she said not to worry about reimbursing her. We always do though. Like a previous poster said, we pay our nanny significantly more than yours. If you want to keep her, maybe you can sit down and discuss this with her?

You're right though, the 54 cents is sufficient and she shouldn't be asking for 50 dollars a month.

You pay "significantly more" than $19/hr for one kid? That rate seems fine to me.

OP, I think your nanny is having some money issues. You need to talk to her about it. What happens to her vacation if you don't pay it out? Does it roll over to the next year?

[Anonymous]

Doubtful all these people are paying "significantly" higher than $19/hr for one child. Ignore that. It is about fairness. All nannies should receive the standard IRS 54 cent a mile REGARDLESS of how much you pay her - these are two separate issues.

Just sit down with her and calculate the mileage and pay her that amount. Explain this is a standard mileage reimbursement NOT tied to her hourly wage.

[Anonymous]

I agree with pp that pay per hour is completely separate from pay for mileage. Like other posters, I'm also calling BS that there are all these people paying "significantly more" than $19/hr for one child.

Finally, my nanny is also hitting me up for $50/week gas money. She drives no one anywhere. She just drives herself to work. Both situations are ridiculous.

[Anonymous]

FYI

2017 mileage reimbursement is 53.5

[Anonymous]

FYI

2017 mileage reimbursement is 53.5 cents