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[quote=Anonymous]I'm bumping this.  We're hiring a woman who is legal - has a visa - but is not a citizen.  She has sat for / nannied 2 children in DC before, both families loved her, but their children eventually outgrew her.  She speaks another language (my family's native tongue) and enjoys cooking and says she doesn't mind cooking the lunch or dinner for us (DC (who were expecting in October), me, and DH).  She has two grown adult children who live in DC and more or less just wants a day job while they're at work.  (The adult children do not have children of their own).  She will be working with us M-F 7a - 7p.  She will not be living with us.  We live in downtown DC.  We asked her how much she expects to be paid.  She said $600 / wk.  With her work schedule that is only $10/hr.  I'm thinking that's too low, but I'm not sure.  We're paying for her flights to and from her home country every 6 months and giving her 3 weeks vacation (unpaid) per year.  We also will be paying her transportation costs (metro).  We haven't ironed out cleaning / cooking, but our expectation is that she feeds and cleans up after the baby but nothing else - we don't want her to cook for us (me and DH) or we'll feel like that's too much.  I plan on breast feeding the baby so she won't have to cook for some time for the baby.

Does $10/hr seem like it's enough?  Should we consider health insurance as well?  I believe she has it through her husband who has a great pension from his government job in their home country but not sure how, if at all, that translates to any coverage here.  [/quote]

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