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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]My nanny likes to make the overtime, so we offer babysitting gigs to her first.  If she can, she does.  And yes, we pay her overtime rate.  We have other babysitters to call if she declines.[/quote]

This is us, too. But I don't pay overtime. Yes, I know it's illegal -- flame away. Sometimes she wants to do it, sometimes not.[/quote]

If you know it illegal why do you do it to her? Would you be okay if your boss just followed those employment laws that suit them? Or the people who will care for and teach your children throughout their lives, should the laws governing their job be taken merely as suggestions? What you're doing is wrong. If you know it's illegal, stop it. [/quote]

Oh well. I sit for my employers beyond my regular schedule for the same rate as well. I absolutely don't care and don't feel cheated at all. And no, it's been years now, so there will never ever be a chance of them getting in legal trouble or anything. If a nanny isn't okay with that, she doesn't have to accept. Simple. [/quote]

LOL, never say never PP. You do know that the IRS can audit someone several years later, right? Just because they don't catch you within the first 2-3 years, doesn't mean it will never happen. You might not be feeling cheated, but in OT you are supposed to earn more and then since taxes are paid as a percentage of your pay, you would pay more taxes as well. So you are cheating someone out of money by doing it. And one has to wonder if you are cheating by getting paid in cash for babysitting, or even regular hours. If you aren't and are working above board for all these hours, then it is clear to everyone that the family is paying you x number of hours OVER 40 on some weeks and is not doing overtime. That could bite people in the ass one day. If you are not doing OT hours, then at least set things up with your family to be working on an average hourly rate so that you ARE compensated for OT in a way and it doesn't have to be figured out each week.[/quote]

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