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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]If you think your nanny isn't on duty and working while she and your children are asleep. And you don't intend to pay her for those hours. She should get to go home for those 8hrs, and leave your young children all alone in the house during the night.[/quote]

This. It may be "legal", for what reasons, idk, but if your nanny is stupid enough to agree to not being paid while expected to be at work (ie. notin her own bed, not able to do as she please, and still responsible for your kid) then she is an idiot and I'd wonder why you would hire an idiot to care for your child. [/quote]

I don't think most employers or nannies really would look at it as "I am not being paid for the sleeping hours."  Both sides look at the entire amount being paid for the week and decide whether it's worth it to them (in the employer's case - can I pay this and is it worth not keeping my child with me for that week?; in the nanny's case - is this amount worth giving up a week straight of my time?).

As an example, if a nanny's rate was $15/hour - the parents could offer a minimum of $2,220 for a 7-day week of full-time childcare.  That's because each "day" counts as 16 hours, so 112 hours of work for the week, with 72 hours of that being overtime.  Obviously, assuming the kids are actually sleeping for at least 8 hours a night.

If parents weren't able to deduct sleeping hours, then the minimum legally allowed for a rate of $15/hour would be $3,480 for the week.

I imagine most nanny's wouldn't turn down an occasional offer of over $2,000 for a week of care even if they technically aren't being paid for the nights.  [/quote]

If nanny normally works 50-60 hours per week, throwing a couple of hours of overtime at her for giving up her life for a week (boyfriend, husband, kids, friends, social activities, sleep in her own freaking bed, real food besides whatever nonsense kids eat and frozen pizzas you left, etc) is NOT attractive. I know it seems like a lot when you're paying it out of pocket, but its not when you're the one sacrificing your time. Even salaried workers get OT when traveling for work. (At least my engineer husband does, for every hour he is away and on the clock). If its not worth it to you, then you should probably just bring your snowflake with you. [/quote]

Why the nastiness?  Listen, didn't I just say "Both sides look at the entire amount being paid for the week and decide whether it's worth it to them."?  So we're both saying the same thing.  If you normally work 50 hours in a week at $15/hour, then you make $825 a week.  So you decide - is an extra $1,395 for the week worth giving up your week?  If it's not, then you say no.  To me, I would be thrilled for that.  Even if it mean sleeping in someone else's bed and eating pizza every night.

I don't understand what you're husband getting OT when traveling for work has to do with anything.  That's not true of all salaried jobs, by the way.  But it's not like I was saying the nanny should do the job for exactly what she gets paid for her normal hours... 
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