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[quote=Anonymous]You should really have a contract.  That said, what she is asking for is guaranteed hours, which is fairly standard.  It means that she has a schedule of consistent hours and she guarantees to be available for those hours and you guarantee that she will be paid for them.  A nanny can’t plan her life and budget around a schedule you may or may not need and pay for.

Reverse the situation: she tells you Wednesday “Oh, I got a babysitting offer so I won’t be here on Friday, but I can work Sunday if you still want 40 hours of childcare this week.”  Would you be fine with that?  Most likely not!  You need her to be consistently available so you are paying for that consistency.

If you need more flexibility in the schedule you can talk to her and try to negotiate for that and she might be open to that or might not, or she might be open provided that you provide X weeks of notice or that you offer a raise to compensate for a more flexible role or some other thing.  But you need to discuss this in detail and create a clear contract.[/quote]

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