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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]If I ask our nanny to babysit I am required, by law, to pay her at overtime rates.

That is prohibitive for us so we don't use her for babysitting.  It has nothing to do w/ her - she's terrific, but what we would legally be required to pay her is roughly double what we can pay someone else.  It's the difference between getting out w/ my husband or not quite frankly.[/quote]

Again, false. Different jobs, different rates, not the same employment. Nanny could work 40 hours for you, but if you ask her to come back in 3 hours on a Friday so you guys can catch a late movie you could pay her $10 an hour and that's it, no overtime needed.[/quote]

Ok, let's presume this ends in a courtroom.  Your task is to convince the judge that the person who gets paid X dollars/hr for childcare during the day, and is legally entitled to overtime for work beyond 40 hours a week, does not merit the same pay for watching the same children, in the same space, at night?

I really don't think that will fly anywhere - legally or morally.

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