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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]NP here.  You cannot pretend that a nanny is different than a babysitter with the above reasoning.  I would be offended if our nanny tried to charge more for caring for my child on NYE than her normal rate.  And I do feel that her first obligation is to us on holidays like Valentines Day and NYE.  However, if I didn't need her on those nights, I would have no issue with her taking any side or moonlighting job as a babysitter, bartender, waitress - whatever.

Luckily, we have an experienced older nanny who is paid a solid, competitive living wage and she doesn't need (or want) any side jobs.  [/quote]

For me, it depends.  If I'm with my full-time charges, I'm not sitting around after I put them to bed.  My employers know that I will do laundry, purge the playroom, something constructive during that time, so overtime is never a problem.  They would never ask me to work one of my contracted holidays (due to their careers, I only have New Years Day, Fourth of July, Thanksgiving and Christmas in the contract, while Memorial Day and Easter fall on Sundays so are assumed off), but if something came up for work, they would pay more.[/quote]

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