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[quote=Anonymous]Ok, I get that after 40 hours I paid time and a half.  But, if my nanny takes a day off, whether for sick day, vacation, snow day, etc., such that her actual working hours are less than 40, then do we still pay the time and a half.  For example, let's say that our nanny is scheduled to work her standard 40-hour work week, but we ask her to stay an extra 1/2 day (4 hours) (she only works 1/2 day on Wednesdays). If she didn't work Monday or Tuesday because of snow, vacation, sickness, etc., do we pay overtime or standard rate?

We pay for five sick days per year, but we've never been rigid about it, and have always paid if our nanny ends up needing more.  We also pay snow days, and we leave it to our nanny's discretion as to whether she is able to come to work (i.e., we don't go by the federal govt schedule).

In the past, I've never really cared as this did not come up that frequently, but, this year, between snow days and our nanny being out sick, I don't think that our nanny has worked a full week since January.  By the 5th snow day, we were paying for back-up babysitting, when possible, or aftercare at school, again, when possible, so I was a little frustrated last week when our nanny expected overtime for the four hours that she worked outside of her traditional schedule given that she only had worked one day that week.

That brings me back to my question:  am I supposed to pay time and a half for any hours beyond our nanny's regular work schedule even if she actually is not working those hours?

Thanks.[/quote]

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