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[quote=nannydebsays][quote=Anonymous][quote]No nanny that I've ever heard of, would allow you to charge her for the privilege of listening to your kids running around (on your hardwood floors) over her head as she tries to sleep past 6am on the weekends, in your hole-in-wall basement.
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You seem to be confused about nanny live in rates. [b]The hourly rate is due to the value of the live in space as being a part of the total compensation package. This is why live ins make a lower hourly wage. [/b]If you don't like the trade in value for housing, don't take a live in job. It's crazy to think that housing should be free on top of the salary.

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Yes, the trade off for FREE housing is a certain lack of privacy and additional noise. I'm not sure that TAXING those inconveniences is really all that smart though. It really erases any benefit of being a LI for the affected nanny, don't you think?

Say nanny could make $15/hour plus OT at her 55 hour a week job as a LO, but she accepts $12/hour and no OT to be a LI. She's now gone from a gross weekly income of $937.50 to a gross weekly income of $660, and her employer is going to add in her room and board estimated cost to her tax liability? Why would nanny then LI? I am guessing that for $1100+ a  month, she might be able to find a liveable apartment somewhere, right? And her additional commute is made up for by her not living at work and being "asked" to work late all the time, or being told the bosses need her to watch the kids for "just an hour or so" every time she stays around on her off days.[/quote]

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