Confused About Live-In Nanny Law

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:By law you must allow employers two days off and after 40 hours per week you must pay her overtime rate 2.5 times normal hourly rate. If you expect her to be available 12 hours per day you just pay her for those 12 hours and she must be given two days to rest per week. Labor laws apply to domestic workers too

LOL you're making up your own laws, woman. 2.5 times? What else? Mandatory chocolates on the pillow?

Labor law is 1.5 for overtime, and 1 day of rest.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:By law you must allow employers two days off and after 40 hours per week you must pay her overtime rate 2.5 times normal hourly rate. If you expect her to be available 12 hours per day you just pay her for those 12 hours and she must be given two days to rest per week. Labor laws apply to domestic workers too

Um no... nobody mandates that EMPLOYERS have days off... au pairs must have 1.5 days off per week, but nannies can work 24/7.

MD law mandates overtime for domestic workers as 1.5 hours after 45, if I remember correctly.

I agree that OP needs to pay for availability, not hours worked, but overtime is only calculated on hours worked. Either op has to track every minute worked or pay the maximum given the hours.

Labor laws do apply to domestic workers, but there are differences, especially for live-in employees.