What does "bank in the hours" mean?

[Anonymous]

Hello,

I got monthly salary. I am a part time. My charge was sick and his mom said she will care for him. She told me I need to work extra days next week to cover up the day that I'm not working.



Is this right?


Thank you

[Anonymous]

'get"

[Anonymous]

That's not okay to do. Lots of parents try to do this to their nannies but it's not fair. It is not your fault the boy was sick, you were still available to work if needed.

Good luck, but parents like this are difficult to deal with. I would find a new job, I wouldn't want to work for someone like this.

[Anonymous]

I agree with PP. It is not right at all, find a nicer MB/family

[Anonymous]

If it pushes you above 40 hours the next week, it's also not legal.

[Anonymous]

It is illegal to be asked to bank hours and it is also illegal to have a monthly salary. Nannies, by law, are hourly employees.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:It is illegal to be asked to bank hours and it is also illegal to have a monthly salary. Nannies, by law, are hourly employees.

When will nannies stop allowing themselves to be screwed by unscrupulous MBs!

[Anonymous]

Wow this mb is trying to screw you over. Don't allow it, good people don't behave this way. Find a more legit situation

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:It is illegal to be asked to bank hours and it is also illegal to have a monthly salary. Nannies, by law, are hourly employees.

I wouldn't necessarily read too much into OP's statement that she has a monthly salary. Maybe all she means is she gets paid monthly? I would describe our nanny as having a "weekly salary," but if she works more than her usual hours, she gets paid more.

[Anonymous]

I am an MB and while this situation does not sound great, am wondering what did OP and MB agree to? What did they leave said and unsaid? Does OP have guaranteed hours? Do they have a written contract?

As to banking hours, I am kind of in the reverse situation with our nanny. SHE wants to bank hours, not me. I have never had occasion to ask nanny not to come in, but nanny has on multiple occasions asked to take a day off or work less than her usual hours on a given day. SHE thinks it should be no big deal to make up the hours through longer shifts on other days or helping out on a couple date nights. I keep telling her that no, I want her to come in on her usual schedule, but then she gets upset because she *really wants* to do X or Y on that particular day she wants off. I have a flexible work schedule that would allow me to cover for her, but I don't want to because I don't need her at the other times she's offered to make up the hours whereas I DO need her during her usual work hours.

I agree that banking hours is not a good practice (and maybe illegal?) and I do not know what is going on with OP, but it's not always just the MB driving improper employment practices.

[Anonymous]

It's illegal! It's illegal! It's illegal! It's Illegal! It's Illegal!

[Anonymous]

To be succinct, OP, YOU ARE BEING? SCREWED!

[Anonymous]

First, you need to be paid hourly with overtime as monthly is not legal for nannies. Second banking hours is also not allowed. I think you can have an understanding of 30 min plus or minus every once in a while for emergencies or whatever but that's also a slippery slope.