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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]We have a live-in nanny who works six days a week, 8 am to 6.30 pm.  In practice, her Saturdays are much shorter than this.  We started her at $400/week when we had a 1-year old, and raised to $500/week when his sister was born two years later. [/quote]

So in other words, you think your nanny has no other options, so you don't feel it's necessary to pay for her time.  Lovely.
I ran the numbers:
5.5 days at 10.5 hours: 57.75 hours
$400/57.75=$6.93/hour
$500/57.75=$8.66/hour

You can't even be bothered to pay minimum wage.  Please be aware that your nanny can go back and sue you for the difference between what you paid and minimum wage.  I certainly hope you aren't in MD, if you are and she does, you'll owe overtime too.[/quote]

If my nanny has better options, she's welcome to exercise them.  She was hired at the open market so I am assuming she accepted the position she liked best. Seeing as she's been with us for 4+ years, the arrangement must work for her.   I promise you no one held a gun to her head.

Please be aware - before you start handing out unqualified legal advice - that room and board is part of live-in compensation, so your little exercise with the calculator was all for nothing.  But at least you didn't come up with the $5.70/hr, like an innumerate poster before you. [/quote]

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