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[quote=nannydebsays][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]

Exactly. The issue arises when a nanny doesn't communicate that her rate of $15/hour is her straight time rate, and she expects $22.50 for any hours over 40. That nanny runs into employers who offer her a job for $800/week gross for 50 hours, nanny signs the contract, and then realizes she is getting "cheated" out of her OT rate. At that point, the employers are going to get into trouble with the state wage and labor board if they didn't "back out" their weekly gross into an hourly rate and an OT rate.

(In my above example, nanny makes $14.54/hour and $21.81 for OT. If she got $15/hour and $22.50/OT, she'd gross $825/week)

Of course, if they did break the rate down and nanny signed the contract, nanny has nowhere to go with her complaints.

Yet another reason the nanny industry needs specific standards, including explanation of OT laws, information on why paying legally is important for both sides, and all the other minutia that goes with the industry.[/quote]

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