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[quote=Anonymous]16:49 here.  PP summed it up with with the phrase "double dipping".

I feel that if we don't need our nanny to work for any given day or week, we are obligated to pay her anyway - because she shouldn't be penalized financially for something she can't control.

If it turns out that she is able to fill in work for that time, then the primary reason we are guaranteeing her hours is no longer an issue.  She is not harmed in any way if she can find work elsewhere (assuming the work available would equal her income from us.)

So - if she can find other work, for which she is equivalently paid, and also gets paid by us, then it feels like we - the employing family - are paying for something which wasn't necessary.

I don't actually think this happens much - I think OP is in an unusual, and lucky, situation - with another family that could perhaps easily use her for some extra time.  So I'm not sure my hesitation about it is particularly relevant.

It wouldn't bother me - for instance - if our nanny picked up some extra babysitting hours while we were away, because that won't amount to what she would have earned in her regular salary, and is not something she could count on happening.

So my reaction is probably only a theoretical concept - pretty unlikely to be relevant in actuality.  (Certainly not relevant for our nanny - when we're away she doesn't have other employment options to just make up the income - so we pay her.  Also, I put it in her contract so she has that protection.)

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