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[quote=Anonymous]We didn't have one with our first nanny and it was a HUGE mistake.

You can find a lot with a simple Google search including some templates.  We did not call ours a "contract" because it's not like we were going to sue each other over it, but a "work agreement" should spell out, roughly:
1. Schedule--number of agreed upon hours per week, when you expect nanny to arrive, when she can expect to leave, what s/he should do if sick, running late, etc and how you will notify him/her if you're running late.  
2. Holidays, vacations, sick leave, PTO--how this will be handled, whether you'll offer guaranteed hours, how and when you'll agree on vacation days/weeks
3. Wages and how you will pay (personal check, etc) and pay frequency (weekly, biweekly, monthly) and whether you plan for an annual raise or bonus
4. General to specific expectations regarding the job--a basic outline of what the nanny will (or won't) do--are you hoping s/he will join play groups and visit new parks and libraries, or more for someone to follow a schedule of activities you have set?  Are there deal breakers (ie if the nanny smoked on the job)?  Will the nanny be driving?  Have you asked for "light housekeeping?"--outline what that would involve and when you think it would be done (ie during naps or whatever)

It can feel silly but we have found it really helped to talk these things through with our nanny and agree on things before the job started (or at the very beginning).  
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