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OP here. Not trying to move around the hours. If she leaves early because she wants to do so, though, she's making a choice about how much she wants to work. That's different from the employer making a choice about how much she works by sending her home early or cancelling for a day.

If I ask her to arrive an hour early, I pay for that hour. If I send her home an hour early because I don't need her, I pay for that hour. If she asks to leave an hour early because she wants to go get her nails done, I don't pay for that hour. She chose not to work during that time; I didn't choose for her. "

What is not clear here is if you are offering her PTO. If so then the  hours she leaves early come out of that. I don't really see how you would make "guaranteed hours" work without PTO or hour shifting. It is one or the other and the former is more common I think. [/quote]

Guaranteed hours and PTO are different things, as are guaranteed hours and shifting the schedule.  Parents set the schedule as x am/pm to y am/pm on whichever days they need.  Nanny is guaranteed pay for those hours every week, with the proviso that she MUST be available and ready to work during those hours.  That means that if MB calls the nanny in the morning and says she doesn't think nanny needs to come that day, but then decides at 11 am that she does need the nanny from 3 pm til 5 pm, nanny goes in 3-5 pm and is paid for the day.

PTO is usually a benefit offered to the nanny, but she can take it whenever she wants.  Some contracts allow for only full days of PTO, some allow half days, some allow usage of hour or half hour increments.  If the nanny requests to go early, she's cutting into guaranteed hours, and she has the option of using PTO.  Again, depending on the contract, it could be up to 40 hours or it could be up to guaranteed hours if the nanny is guaranteed over 40.

Parents add a few minutes to a few hours before or after the regular shift frequently.  If the parent wants to [b]shift[/b] the hours, then they need to be clear about that, and it needs to be done ahead of time so that the nanny can make plans for the new schedule.  If not, the employer is asking for hours to be guaranteed available that are not being paid, and they're veering towards a flex schedule.  I always charge more per hour for flex schedules even as compared to 24 hour shifts, because I can't plan when I'm doing anything.  With 24 hour shifts I've been able to take kids with me whenever I needed anything done or the parent stayed with the kids for a few hours while I used PTO.  I have yet to talk to a single nanny who likes flex schedules, and there are many that simply won't agree to it, and that includes shifting hours once or twice.[/quote]

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