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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][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]
It should be illegal to have slave labor and you should be arrested. Where is she from?[/quote]
The word "slave" doesn't mean what you think it means. I'll give you a little hint: when one is free to leave, one isn't a slave. [/quote]
Precisely. If she has no where to go, she isn't free to get away from your abuse.[/quote]

My little darling, she could buy her own apartment with all the money she's saved over the years if she wanted to.  She could certainly rent one tomorrow if she wished.  I guess she doesn't care that what a random internet bozo thinks of her situation. If she wanted to leave, she could have done so a hundred times by now. [/quote]
What a royal ass you are. Shame on you.[/quote]

She has a point. A smart live-in can save a lot of money.  There have been a number of nannies on DCUM who have posted about it. [/quote]
How smart do you think someone who's earning $5.70/hr. might be, Einstein? Even mentally challenged people earn minimum wage in the United States. I'm afraid this poor thing is an illegal who has no place else to sleep, and doesn't want to be swept up by Obama for deportation. Her "payment" is obviously off the books.[/quote]

$5.70 an hour plus free rent sounds better than $8.00 an hour, minus 30% in tax and minus another 40% in rent. Even Einstein can figure that one out![/quote]

How it sounds is irrelevant. Under the FLSA nannies are entitled to earn at least minimum wage. A LI Nanny working 63 hours a week is legally entitled to earn $456.75. More if she lives where live ins get paid OT or where minimum wage is higher.

And as far as all the money she is "saving", $20,800 - 26,000 gross minus 20% in taxes minus health/car/renters insurance ($2000/year or more), cell phone (400), car payment (250), credit card (150), clothes (500), toiletries and personal care like hair cuts (500), food and entertainment (1000), etc. - let's say that she spends $200/week. That leaves her with anywhere from $6240 - $10,400 saved. 3276 hours worked means she saves $1.90 - $3.17 per hour worked.

If she is saving to buy a 150K house, it'll take 3 - 5 years to get her 20% down payment. That sounds insane.[/quote]

As a live in nanny that makes rougly 26,000 per year I am able to save most of my after tax income. My Heath insurance is paid by my employers, so is my cell phone. I drive their cars exclusively. my employers pay all the insurance, gas and maintenance. I eat the food they buy. I have no actual expenses like things I must buy. I get clothes for Christmas and my birthday from my parents and grandparents. I do online paid surveys to make up the difference so I can pay for haircuts, tanning and travel. I also coupon so most of my toiletries are free. My goal is to save all of my after tax income and over the years I have been able to do that. I live modestly. [/quote]

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