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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]You can't charge them for 8hrs (of sleeping time-if you sleep straight through) in a 24hr period. So charge them $18 for 16hrs a day, plus overtime for any hours over 40. If the child does wake up, you can charge your $18 for how every they are up.

If the kids don't wake up, and you work 14x24hr days=224hrs

40hrsx$18=$720 + 184hrsx$27=4968
=$5688 is the minimum legal rate you should be charging if no child wakes up.
If you want to discount your self and your work, go ahead. But don't disrespect yourself-the government is already discounting your service by not requiring you get paid for 8hrs of work a day!!!

If your nanny family can't afford it, they can't afford a nanny or to go away for 2 weeks.[/quote]

There are plenty of nannies, myself included, who would charge less than $4968 or $5688. If a family does not want to pay that much, it doesn't mean they can't afford a nanny.[/quote]

+1  $5688 seems extremely high.   If that is what OP quotes her family, I'd bet the MB goes looking for other options.  OP - if you'd rather have the job than not, I'd suggest that you get your hourly rate and OT for all the hours you are working  (children are awake) and then propose some flat rate for each night you are sleeping there.  [/quote]

It doesn't seem that high for the two weeks even calculated the way you are saying:

If the kids are awake for 12 hours a day, then the total number of hours worked is 12*14 = 168.  That would be 80 hours at normal rate (80*$18 = $1440) and 88 hours at overtime rate (88*$27 = $2376) and a flat rate of $75 per  night (14*$75 = $1050) and you get a total of $4866.

But the earlier PP is not correct that the $5688 is the minimum legal rate that she can charge.  The minimum legal rate is based on minimum wage, not the $18/hr wage the OP normally gets.  And the DOL states that 8 hours can be deducted for sleeping time, but all other time should be paid as working time.  So 80 hours at $7.25 ($580) plus 144 hours at $10.875 ($1566) is $2146 for the two weeks.

OP, I suggest you pick a rate somewhere between those two.[/quote]

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