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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]When we hired our nanny we discussed that most weeks we'd need 45-50 hours a week.  In the contract we guarantee pay for 40 hours a week and also provider 20 PTO days a year, 5 at her discretion and the rest at ours + 10 paid holidays.  A few questions I'm curious on what the standard / expected is - we pay her $22/hr - $33/hr for overtime - I'm definitely not looking to nickel and dime her but also not looking to pay hundreds of dollars extra for time not worked given that she is overall well compensated.

Also for context we will have at least 20 days of formal vacation time this year (2 weeks over xmas, one over thanksgiving, one in summer) so there is no world in which she won't get at least 20 days of PTO.

- In a given week, if she works 10 hours for 4 days and I have her not work at all the 5th day, I can just pay the 40 hours right?  I don't have to make the 5th one "PTO" (paying her for 48 hours) because we met the guaranteed minimum of 40 hours for the week and the PTO days are being used elsewhere, do I?

- For full weeks off, do I pay for 40 hours or something more than that?

- For a xmas bonus - what would you give?

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This was the hardest part of the contract to draft and I'm still not sure (four years in) if we've gotten it right, but we usually pay for any days not worked as PTO (so, in your case, 8 hours).  For full weeks off, we pay 45 hours (our guaranteed amount - so you'd pay 40).  For Christmas we give her gifts and $2,500 in cash.

I hear you on the nickel and diming - I adore our nanny but it is really hard to pay her with our after-tax funds, and sometimes I do start adding up all the hours I could save here or there, but then I try my best to let it go. [/quote]

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