How do you pay for weekends?

[Anonymous]

My nanny will be watching my children Friday through Sunday and spending the nights. I can't possibly afford to pay her overtime for the length of the time she's with us. Ideas? What do you do?

[Anonymous]

If you can't afford to pay the overtime, then maybe you shouldn't have asked her to work the weekend?

Can you have family help out or hire someone else who you wouldn't have to pay overtime, but just a regular rate?

[Anonymous]

Ask for her "away rate". Our nanny has a set price for overnights and traveling with us of $350 a day. She also negotiated that it be paid under the table with no taxes or deductions.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:My nanny will be watching my children Friday through Sunday and spending the nights. I can't possibly afford to pay her overtime for the length of the time she's with us. Ideas? What do you do?

Tough
Federal law mandates that nannies are paid OT for all hours over 40. If you cannot afford to pay her then stay home. You are cheating the woman who takes of your children!

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:Ask for her "away rate". Our nanny has a set price for overnights and traveling with us of $350 a day. She also negotiated that it be paid under the table with no taxes or deductions.

You agreed to this even though you know it is illegal because you are cheap.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:Ask for her "away rate". Our nanny has a set price for overnights and traveling with us of $350 a day. She also negotiated that it be paid under the table with no taxes or deductions.

Thank you, helpful.

[Anonymous]

wow, people judge so quickly! Ever consider maybe OP has no family? Goodness.

We negotiate a average pay similar to the post above and pay under the table. I gave my nanny $300/day for 1 child and she was happy. I suggest you talk to your nanny to see what she expects.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:wow, people judge so quickly! Ever consider maybe OP has no family? Goodness.

We negotiate a average pay similar to the post above and pay under the table. I gave my nanny $300/day for 1 child and she was happy. I suggest you talk to your nanny to see what she expects.

You have no ethics--pay is illegal and not paying taxes so you are cheating her out of higher social security. Disgusting. It is material if she agrees. You are the employer and you know that what you are doing is both illegal and immoral.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:Ask for her "away rate". Our nanny has a set price for overnights and traveling with us of $350 a day. She also negotiated that it be paid under the table with no taxes or deductions.

+1

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:wow, people judge so quickly! Ever consider maybe OP has no family? Goodness.

We negotiate a average pay similar to the post above and pay under the table. I gave my nanny $300/day for 1 child and she was happy. I suggest you talk to your nanny to see what she expects.

You have no ethics--pay is illegal and not paying taxes so you are cheating her out of higher social security. Disgusting. It is material if she agrees. You are the employer and you know that what you are doing is both illegal and immoral.

You mean immaterial.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:wow, people judge so quickly! Ever consider maybe OP has no family? Goodness.

We negotiate a average pay similar to the post above and pay under the table. I gave my nanny $300/day for 1 child and she was happy. I suggest you talk to your nanny to see what she expects.

You have no ethics--pay is illegal and not paying taxes so you are cheating her out of higher social security. Disgusting. It is material if she agrees. You are the employer and you know that what you are doing is both illegal and immoral.

You mean immaterial.

Yes. Immaterial. Thank you.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:wow, people judge so quickly! Ever consider maybe OP has no family? Goodness.

We negotiate a average pay similar to the post above and pay under the table. I gave my nanny $300/day for 1 child and she was happy. I suggest you talk to your nanny to see what she expects.

So breaking the law is all right if you have no family? I did not know this!

[Anonymous]

Ignore the assholes, OP. I echo the posts above. Ask your nanny for her travel rate. Most good nannies have a set price for overnights.


And it is not illegal to have a flat rate that can be divided by 24 including overtime. My actual rate is 23 an hour and 1.5 for days over nine hours and my travel rate is just above minimum wage before overtime so it comes out to $300 a day.

[Anonymous]

When my nanny did this, I paid her regular rate + overtime for all waking hours, and then $75 for 8 hours of sleeping. It came to about $700 for the weekend.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:When my nanny did this, I paid her regular rate + overtime for all waking hours, and then $75 for 8 hours of sleeping. It came to about $700 for the weekend.

The $700 covered from Friday 5pm (her usual quitting time) to Sunday 1pm when I returned (so two nights, and 1.75 days of overtime, basically).