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Thanks for all the input. I definitely should have insisted on a contract, it's just hard when you need a job and don't wato lose out. Also I was planning on claiming my income come tax time, and expecting to owe money back. I didn't realize not doing it right away was illegal so now I do.
Sounds ok to me, Hopefully mb was glad to hear the good news. 
So...my first nanny job was for two friends who ended up being very unprofessional towards me (not paying on time, paying then needing money back, giving me time off during their vacation then making me work when they came back early, the list goes on).
After that first job I was so grateful to find the family I currently work for, they are both business professionals and very organized. At the interview they said I'd get paid time off, holidays, and sick time. My worry was the hours, they needed me 10-1/2 hrs a day, but I accepted the job because they said some days they would need me less. Sounded great except they apparently never intended to pay overtime for the nearly 14 hours a week that I work over 40. They only pay me my regular rate, and the two holidays that I've been off since starting with them on June I got paid nothing for. I don't know if they thought there should be a six mo waiting period before I get paid days, or they just are trying to get away with it.
In addition, they are never home early as they suggested, and in the past month have been at least 20 mins late every night, so I have an almost 11 hour day Monday-Friday. Is it possible they don't think they have to pay overtime because they stated the scheduled hours upfront? They also asked me to work a few hours one Sunday for them. I will never do that again since they did not even pay me time and a half for that, they didn't even round my time to three hours when I was there 2hrs 45 mins. Would you quit? The child is lovely but I'm tired of working such long days for no overtime and no benefits.
After that first job I was so grateful to find the family I currently work for, they are both business professionals and very organized. At the interview they said I'd get paid time off, holidays, and sick time. My worry was the hours, they needed me 10-1/2 hrs a day, but I accepted the job because they said some days they would need me less. Sounded great except they apparently never intended to pay overtime for the nearly 14 hours a week that I work over 40. They only pay me my regular rate, and the two holidays that I've been off since starting with them on June I got paid nothing for. I don't know if they thought there should be a six mo waiting period before I get paid days, or they just are trying to get away with it.
In addition, they are never home early as they suggested, and in the past month have been at least 20 mins late every night, so I have an almost 11 hour day Monday-Friday. Is it possible they don't think they have to pay overtime because they stated the scheduled hours upfront? They also asked me to work a few hours one Sunday for them. I will never do that again since they did not even pay me time and a half for that, they didn't even round my time to three hours when I was there 2hrs 45 mins. Would you quit? The child is lovely but I'm tired of working such long days for no overtime and no benefits.
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