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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]Just do the right thing and pay her 1.5 x her rate for anything over 40 hours.  [/quote]

op here, and yes I agree. i just texted and emailed her saying that I would feel more comfortable paying her 1.5x her rate, since she'll be working about 56 hours all 7 days. I do pay her OT during the week so it only makes sense to extend that as well to the weekend. I honestly was just being cheap and realized that anywhere else she would be paid 1.5x. thank you all for your input.[/quote]

Is this REALLY the OP responding above......??!  :roll:

Anyway, OP - If you have your Nanny work weekends (even for three months!), I guarantee you that you will likely burn her out.

I mean she will not have any days off for the next three months!!
When will she have time to rest? Rejuvenate? Socialize? Clean her house + do laundry??

I strongly doubt that your child(ren) will get the best care.[/quote]

This is why I live in, even for temp jobs.  Most live-out nannies have lives and homes that limit their ability/willingness to work 7 days per week (totally understandable!).  Because I live in the family’s home and I don’t have a spouse or children, I don’t have the commitments that make 7 days per week or 24 hour shifts untenable.

OP, 7 days per week with this nanny is unsustainable, even for 3 months, even if she only will work around 55 hours per week (8 hours for 7 days is 56).  You have several options: 1. Weekend nanny.  2. Ask nanny to take two weekdays off, work weekends and find a share for those two weekdays.  3. Figure out a rate this is significantly higher for weekends (eg. if hourly rate during the week is $20/hour, pay $40/hour for weekends), and be prepared to have her work 3-4 weekends per month with 1 off, or have her work 13 days, then have a day off.

Finding a separate (reliable) weekend nanny isn’t that difficult, especially if you guarantee her pay for 3 months, let her know that there will be 1 sick day after 1 but  there will be a bonus at the end (something like an extra weekend of pay) if she doesn’t miss any days and doesn’t quit early.  Talk to any agency, start your search at about 1.25x what your nanny makes, and guarantee that you won’t change the hours each weekend.[/quote]

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