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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]OP, I believe you are trying to do right by your nanny. Because you are new to this you may not know that blended and averaged rates have been used in abusive ways and any nanny with a lot of experience has a story about being taken advantage of. Mostly it's newer nannies who don't understand the complicated and confusing terms. Even if you arrive at the same number it is best practice to use clear, simple,straightforward wording in your contract.

I charge $17-20 for one child. That is my base pay and overtime is time and a half. If the family wants to guarantee me overtime then great. However, I would not lower my rate so that they could. A newbie nanny can be talked into lowering her rate with the prospect of over time. At some point she realizes that she actually makes less that way, she has to work a lot of overtime hours to make it worth lowering her rates. So the key is to find a nanny whose base rates match whatever your blended rate is so that she takes home what she expected. Does that make sense?[/quote]

This is the OP.  Thanks for this.  The comments are surprising but knowing the history it makes total sense.  I will be abundantly clear with the rate we are offering for one child, and the one we are offering for the period of time she is watching two children.  I will make clear in the contract.  Maybe I can set it up in the payroll system this way and have a custom overtime rate, I haven't gotten that far yet.[/quote]

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