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OP Here.  In addition to a health care allowance, we plan to offer two weeks paid vacation (plus all federal holidays) and five sick days.  How do the total number of hours affect the going rate?  Other things being equal, [b]would a nanny accept a slightly lower rate for 45 hours knowing that she will be getting OT for 5 hours?[/b][/quote]

Yes, exactly. Look at it this way:

$16/hr for 40 hours/week = $640
$15/hr for 40 hours plus 5 OT hours at time and a half = $712.50

If you are willing to guarantee a 45 hour work week (meaning, if for some reason you only need -- for example -- 42 hours one week because you finish early a couple of days, you still pay the nanny for 45 hours), you can negotiate a lower base rate. [/quote]

I'd say its something like 
$16/hr for 40hrs/wk = $640
$15.50/hr (average) for 45 hours/wk = $697.50 (with the true base rate calculated for the contract)

It's a true volume discount. Assuming that you are actually going to guarantee the full 45. The average rate usually goes up the /fewer/ hours you guarentee (like in a part time job) not because you offer more.

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No. Why would your average rate be lower? If anything you could say if an appropriate rate for 40 hours would be $16/hour, then for 45 hours you could negotiate a $16/hour average rate, which comes out to a slightly lower base rate. I am a nanny but I can do math. I'm not going to work 45 hours for only slightly more than what I'd make working 40. [/quote]

Sure, maybe the average rate will stay the same for just a five hour difference. I was just trying to point out that it definitely wouldn't be higher! In general, though, the more hours you are paying for, the lower the average rate will be... all else being equal. There's definitely a higher average rate for jobs that offer less than 30 hours/wk.[/quote]

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