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[quote=nannydebsays][quote=Anonymous]OP is here - it's a full time job with a salary and not an hourly rate. If I have to stay late in the office, i am not getting paid extra. It gets reflected on my bonus or some nice perk like dinner in the office or cab ride home. What is bonus for? it's for situations like this - when employee goes beyond his direct responsibilities. Sounds fine, i pay for nights, but no bonus shall be expected or at least not in the amounts we planned. There was nothing extra and beyond. 
As for the leaving conditions, I am sure a darker basement is better, than a nice room in the corner with a separate bathroom. we should have thought of that. I am sure should would love walk up the stairs 2 floors all the time, especially at night. [/quote]

OP, I am going to guess that either this is your very first nanny, OR that you have cycled through about 4 nannies a year, and can't quite grasp why that has happened.

A live-in nanny is an HOURLY employee. That means she is paid for every hour she works for you. She cannot be "salaried. You can offer her (and many many employers do) guaranteed hours, i.e., pay for 52 weeks a year regardless if she works every single day and every single hour. So your $600 for X hours a week does NOT cover overnights, unless you have that written into your original work agreement, in which case, you are likely paying her an illegal wage of $5/hour for 24/5 care.

So, to decide that you'll take her bonus away because YOU are choosing to go away for a week and leave her in charge of your kid 24/7 and she is asking to be paid for all her working time...as I said above, you sound either clueless in the extreme or simply nasty.

You should pay her her hourly wage for all hours she will work while you are gone...that means, if she earns $10/hour working 60 hours a week, you figure out how many additional hours she will be working, subtract 8 hours a day for sleeping hours, and pay her accordingly.

So, if she works 168 hours (24/7), subtract 56 hours (8 x 7) for sleeping time, and pay her her standard hourly rate for 112 hours. At $10/hour, that is $1120 for the week. At $15/hour that is $1680 for the week.

And if you can't afford to pay her those amounts, take your kid with you on your vacation and give nanny the week off.[/quote]

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