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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]You need to spell it out in your contract. My previous employers would occasionally need me to stay an extra 30-45 minutes, which I didn't mind or require pay for. If staying an extra couple hours, I was always paid hourly. [/quote]

An extra 30 to 45 minutes of not getting paid is not ok. You should be payed to the nearest half hour, I guarantee your employers know how to divide your hourly rate in half.  [/quote]

For the days I had a doctors appointment and came in an hour late, or ocassionally had an afternoon off, there is nothing wrong with staying 30 minutes extra here and there. Some of you nannies are ridiculous. [/quote]

That's what personal days are for. [/quote]

I'm expected to go without pay because their LO had an appointment a few hours before my end time? Or they had out of town visitors arrive on a Friday afternoon?  You're telling me you would take a personal day to go get a teeth cleaning? Should I be docked pay because they came home 30 minutes early one evening?

My position was treated as salary. So whether I was there 44 hours or 48 hours I made the same. (47 were my expected hours per week) I'm not saying it's ok for employers to regularly take advantage of your time, but asking if you can stay a few minutes late every few weeks is not a big deal. [/quote]

No you aren't understanding. If a family doesn't use all your hours, that is guaranteed hours and a whole other topic. However, yes, you should use personal time for a teeth cleaning. And your post did not indicate "a few minutes late every few weeks". An extra 30-45 minutes is not a few minutes, and depending on how often it happens, it adds up VERY quickly. If the arrangement worked for you, that's fine, but don't judge nannies who aren't okay with 30-45 minutes of unpaid time, especially those of us professional enough to know we need to use personal time for appointments. Smh. We're ridiculous?  :roll: [/quote]

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