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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote]I never thought about this.

I think ANY nanny, regardless if she was a live~in or live~out should get overtime over 40+Hrs. It should be a law.

If I were employing a nanny, I would want her to be properly compensated for working so many hours.

The LAST thing I would want is a burned out nanny watching my children.[/quote]

This makes no sense. You do not become less burned out just because you are paid more. Someone burns out because they are working long hours regardless of what they are being paid.

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Not entirely true.  Being paid more fights burnout in three ways (off the top of my head):
1) A well-paid nanny feels appreciated, and appreciation can make a heavy workload feel more like a labor of love forthe family and less like indentured servitude
2) A nanny who is paid poorly will likely have the stress of a heavy workload exacerbated by the stress of financial concerns.  She may be tired AND worried about being able to afford basics like health insurance.
3) A well-paid nanny who has little time off can at least afford to do whatever she likes to recharge in the few off hours she has.  If you are barely scraping by on bills, then all your weekends and holidays may be spent at home in your room--not very relaxing, especially for a live in who really needs to get away from the house to feel she is off-duty.  With better pay that same nanny can spend the weekend traveling, going to movies or cultural events, dining out with friends, etc.  that leaves her much more ready to jump back in on Monday.[/quote]

Its also not necessarily that being paid more prevents the burnout, rather if a family knows asking nanny to work an obscene amount of hours will cost them a pretty penny, they will think harder about asking the nanny to do it, and may even choose to hire a relief sitter. I believe this is part of the idea behind OT. It is a deterrent against overworking employees by making it expensive to do so. It's sad that the government has decided tht its perfectly fine to deduct room and board from a live-ins wages, and then also work her as much as you want at the same rate. The whole live-in idea really doesn't sit right with me. It's flirting with the line between employment and indentured servitude. [/quote]

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