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[quote=Anonymous]It looks like we might need my nanny to stay overnight for one night next month when my husband and I unexpectedly both have to travel out of town for work on the same night.  Nanny will likely be on-shift from 8 a.m. Wednesday through 8 or 9 p.m. on Thursday all-told (given flight times).  My nanny is willing, but none of us knows the appropriate way to compensate for this situation.  What is the norm?

It appears that *legally* it is not required to pay her for up to 8 hours of sleeping time during this period (http://www.myhomepay.com/Answers/Overnight-Nanny).  So, that is, I think we *could* pay her for 8 p.m. through 10 p.m. on Wednesday, then 6 a.m. through 9 p.m. the next day, plus any time during those overnight 8 hours that the kids are actually awake and she needs to help them.  (And she will definitely have overtime hours that week, and would get those paid out.)

But we want to be fair, not just do the bare minimum.  Do employers In this area also pay some amount for the inconvenience of her being at the house and effectively being on-call?

I expect this will be a very rare occurrence (first time in 2.5 years since she started with us).[/quote]

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