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[quote=nannydebsays][quote=Anonymous]PP. Why would she need to pay for the nanny's availability when the nanny is presumably already being paid to be at work?

$100/wk is over $5000/yr. That's not being cheap. Just sensible.[/quote]

As I outlined in my post, if OP wants nanny to be AVAILABLE to care for OP's child if needed during those 9 hours per week, then she needs to pay nanny to BE AVAILABLE.

Yes, nanny is already being paid for those hours. She is paid to BE AVAILABLE to care for the other family's child, not the OP's child.

Let's try this example. Nanny is NOT paid by OP to be available 3 days a week from 9a - 12p. Nanny arranges to take the other children (those she IS being paid to care for) on an outing from 9a - 12p. OP calls nanny at 10a and tells nanny she needs nanny to go and get OP's ill child at school. Nanny has EVERY RIGHT to refuse, because she is not being paid to BE AVAILABLE to care for OP's kid. However, if OP does pay nanny to be available, then nanny must leave her planned activity and take the other family's kids to go and get OP's child.

And if OP is paying $8/hour x 9 hours a week for availability, that's $72/week, or $3744/year. If OP cannot afford to pay that amount to have the nanny "on call", she may need to consider daycare.[/quote]

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