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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]Definitely not saying that there aren't nannies who aren't paid appropriately, but you might want to make sure of what the hourly rate is if a parent quotes you a weekly or monthly rate. If they are paying, say $1,000 a week for 55 hours, the rate is not a straight $1000/55 = $18. They are probably calculating it as (40 x rate) + (15 x rate x 1.5) = $1,000. In which case the rate would be $16. [/quote]

This is entirely standard when parents are guaranteeing more than 40 hours per week.  Careful parents spell it all out in the contract to protect themselves, but the nannies I've had and interviewed have always requested a weekly rate based on the number of hours, which has always exceeded 40 per week.

This isn't a matter of parents cheating the nanny, this is a matter of the nanny requesting weekly guaranteed income in a fixed amount for a fixed number of hours that exceeds 40.  That guaranteed weekly rate can be broken down to an average rate per hour (e.g. $18 for each of 55 hours) or a lower base rate for the first 40 hours plus a higher time-and-a-half rate for each hour after 40.    [/quote]

This is exactly how it went for us. Our nanny wanted guaranteed hours at an averaged rate of $20/hrs. So we backed into the calculation and determined the base and OT rate that averaged to $20 for her guaranteed hours. [/quote]

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