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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]Ok, but let's say paying the nanny's rate for babysitting isn't the the cards. For whatever reason. What's the best procedure? Just turn down her request?

I could see the insult if the parents approached the nanny about sitting at a lessor rate. But what's the gracious way to handle it when the nanny approaches the parents?[/quote]
OP here. This is the heart of the issue. We hire someone cheaper in the evenings so we can afford to go out frequently. We pay our nanny well, but we aren't super wealthy, so that extra pay to hire her would add up and mean going out less together, which we already don't do enough.  I appreciate the suggestion made by PPs that we just lay it out for her. We pay $15/hr for evening babysitting (which means we do dinner/bath/pjs/etc) and if she wants top priority for those hours, we'll happily provide it, else we'll continue to hire our current sitters. That said, if I ever ask her to stay late or watch the kids on a weekend or other day off, I'd of course pay her standard rate plus overtime, if applicable.    [/quote]

You need to look into the legal side (presuming you are paying on the books).  If you are required to pay overtime even if she is babysitting, at the $15/hr it wouldn't be worth it.[/quote]

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