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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]Are her hours variable week to week?[/quote]

No, her hours are not variable.  Let's say it's 9-5 daily, and we guarantee 40 hrs/wk.  Here's what she does, though, that drives me CRAZY:

Monday: 9-4:30, because we let her go home early.  7.5 hrs worked.
Tuesday: 9-5:15, because parent got stuck in traffic. 8.25 hours worked.
Wednesday & Thursday: 9-4:15. 7.25 hours/day worked.
Friday: 8:30-4:30.  Early start time because parents needed to leave early; early end time because she wanted to go to an event. 8 hours worked.

Her thinking is as follows: she need to be paid overtime for the .25 hours past her end time on Tuesday and the .5 hours before her start time on Friday, because those were not part of her regularly scheduled hours.  She should also be paid for the full 40 guaranteed hours between 9-5.  She does not seem to acknowledge that her wanting to leave early on Friday is a wash for the request to arrive early on Friday morning. And she just shows no recognition that we let her leave early A LOT of the time (I'd say a significant majority of the time, though not every day).  Sooooooo frustrating.

I want her to start noting when she actually worked so she is paying at least a little more attention to total hours she is working versus total hours she's paid for.  In the example above, she worked 38.25 hours.  She was paid for 40 hours.  She wants to be paid 40 hours plus .75 hours OT.

I think she's not realizing that I am becoming VERY disinclined to send her home early if this is how she calculates her time.[/quote]

Friday is a wash, you're right.  However, the rest of the week is not.  You sent her home early Monday, the extra time is on you.  You were late on Tuesday, you are .25 over.  Why did she leave early on Wed and Thurs?  If you sent her home early, youpay for the time.  If she asked to leave early either Wed or Thurs, she forfeits the right to guaranteed hours for those days.

Guaranteed hours are simple: Nanny agrees to be available every single minute that is guaranteed.  In return, nanny is paid for every single minute that she is available to the family, whether they use that time or not, and they pay extra for extra time.  Honestly, the log book is the best thing for this situation.  Nanny logs start time in the morning and end time in the evening.  Comments go beside both for any variance of 15 minutes or more from the norm, nanny and a parent both initial.  That way there is no confusion at the end of the week, on either side.  You can clearly see when nanny asked to leave early and you can clearly see when a parent asked for early start, set nanny home early or was late.[/quote]

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