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[quote=Anonymous]I think you need to tread very carefully here. Are there any expectations about how much the nanny's rate is going to increase? Or, about how you are going to split the increased rate?

When you are sole employer of a nanny and your child goes to preschool, it makes sense to continue paying for those hours. Most nannies can't afford to keep a job with drastically reduced hours, you may want the flexibility to have her watch your child when she is ill or when school is closed, and, you can negotiate other duties during the preschool time. In this sort of case, however, the nanny already has a job during those hours, and you will get zero ability to negotiate other duties.

Personally, I'd first figure out with both the other family and nanny how much the nanny's rate will increase during the time she has three children. That increase should be somewhere between the standard 2$/hour new kid increase and 50% of what she is currently making. Then, figure out, with the other family, how much above that increase you will take on paying as your share.

I would then set up a weekly minimum rate for the nanny, based on your using the share during your afternoon hours. I would also figure out what the cost would be if your child was in the share during the morning hours and put in writing the circumstances, notice period, and pay breakdown for when that would be acceptable. (Maybe only during school breaks, maybe the the family and nanny is ok with a more liberal sick policy than the school is...that sort of thing)[/quote]

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