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[quote=Anonymous]I always mention that I need guaranteed hours when starting a new position. That means if they don't need me I still get paid. If I can't work (say I am sick) then I don't get paid because it is me that is unavailable. I am willing to come in and do some housekeeping on days that childcare is not needed, or the ONLY time I am willing to bank hours is on days like this, I will sometimes take the day paid and do a Saturday evening instead. If they use more hours on the Sat evening, then they pay me the rest of the hours, BUT if they don't use me for all of them - say I owe 5 and they only need 4 -  then we are considered equal again.

It can be very difficult to get families you are currently working for to agree to this as they will be used to not paying you and will think that they can just find someone else that will not be asking for this kind of agreement instead of keeping you on. The family B that agreed to 10 hours a week, they should be paying you under your terms. You all agreed on 10 hours per week (so you can count on the money) and if they aren't using you then they are obviously not using you for at least 10 hours, which was the agreement. So while they could argue that they don't need you, they HAD agreed to need you (or pay at least) for 10 hour a week. I would bring up the fact that everyone needs to be able to count on a certain pay each week to be able to deal with their finances monthly, and that paying guaranteed hours will help with the high turnover rate that PT positions tend to have.

If they want to compare (like some people try to do) your job to a PT coffee shop employee or other retail, you can mention how extremely high the turnover rate is for employees at these types of places as well.[/quote]

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