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[Post New]05/27/2015 21:10
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Anonymous wrote:Instead of 10 people having crappy jobs, 5 will have living wage and 5 will be homeless... Okay if that's what the masses want.


It's better to be homeless, they have more given to them than someone struggling with minimum wage will ever be able to attain on their own.
[Post New]05/28/2015 14:47
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nannydebsays

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nannydebsays wrote:
Anonymous wrote:OP here. I think this has gone a bit off the rails. I'm not asking my nanny to babysit. I hire a family friend, a young professional with extensive child care experience who likes to make a little extra cash,when I need a sitter for a few hours in the evening, most of which is spent with the kids sleeping. My nanny asked me to hire her instead of my regular sitter. At her regular rate, it would cost me significantly more to hire my nanny. I'm not trying to take advantage of her. She's basically asking me to do her a favor by hiring her instead of someone else. I just wanted to know how others have handled this situation.


"Nanny, we would love to have you babysit occasionally. We budget $XX/hour for babysitting. Is that rate one you would be willing to accept? If not, no hard feelings!"



Nannydeb, I am surprised at you. You know as well as any of us that the nanny could sue for overtime after leaving employment. And she would clearly win.

A household employee is a household employee. You cannot claim various hours fall under various job titles. So, if I had a nanny/housekeeper who cleaned for 30 hours and took care of kids for 20, you think I could pretend that they were two different jobs and not pay overtime?

Bull.


If you read back through the OP does not want her nanny to babysit because the nanny would cost too much, presumably with the OT pay as the issue.

Therefore, OP wants something to say to discourage her nanny from continuing to ask to babysit. And in response to the need for a polite brush off, I offered the suggestion that OP offer a low rate, assuming that nanny would say "No thanks!"

Making babysitting something that nanny is not looking to do because it is not worth her while is a great way to avoid having to say, "Nanny, we will not ask you to babysit because we do not want to spend that much on a sitter at night."

A second option would be for OP to express concern that her nanny will burn-out working X hours each week then more hours on the weekend, but that is riskier, since nanny might simply reply that she is not going to burn out.

And yes, of course, legally any hourly employee is due OT for hours worked over 40 per week. Not arguing that at all.
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