I offer our part-time nanny all paid holidays for all Federal holidays that fall on her regularly scheduled workday. I also guarantee her hours, unless we arrange an alternative schedule far in advance and it works for both parties. (But that's only if we are shifting a workday from one day to another, per mutual agreement. If we go out of town for 2 weeks, I pay her for those two weeks.)

I don't offer sick days or vacation days, but if she wants to take a day off and make it up, we try to arrange alternative hours.

I don't know how typical we are. That is just what seemed fair to me.

PP is right in that benefits are rare for PT nannies. Obviously, if she has a candidate she really like, offering them would be good, but they aren't standard.

Anonymous wrote:It's not as standard for part time employees. If you were to ask this question on any other childcare website many would agree but asking on DCUM you will get inflated answers.

Do you have any idea what you're saying, or are you just being a grumpy cat today? "Inflated answers"? What are those, exactly?

It's not as standard for part time employees. If you were to ask this question on any other childcare website many would agree but asking on DCUM you will get inflated answers.

Agree with most of the PPs. We have a great nanny who has been working PT for us for 2 years. We offer 2 weeks vacation (1 week her choice, 1 week our choice), 1 week sick leave (which we have given the option of converting to vacation time since she has not taken a sick or "personal" day, ever), and holidays if they fall on a day she would normally work. We don't have guaranteed hours per se because the hours fluctuate a bit (25-30 hours) but when, for example, we go away for most of the week of Thanksgiving we will pay her for the days she'd normally work.

In return, we have found someone who is not only great with our kids but completely dependable and has been willing to be flexible when, for example, days or hours worked have changed.

I work three and a half days (35hr/wk) and get all standard benefits - vacation, holiday, sick/personal, health insurance, and holiday bonuses. This is how you get a top-notch nanny to take a PT job (and keep it); it took me a few months to find a position for the other 1.5 days but since I knew I was being well taken care of by my employers, I was able to wait out the search.

If you're not as concerned about the quality of nanny you're hiring (if you're okay hiring a student with little/no experience, for example) you're probably fine to offer just pro-rated PTO and holidays that fall on normal working days.

I work three days, get paid all holidays that fall on my normal days. For sick days I have the option to be paid and later make up those hours on an evening or offday. I am paid my regular salary for their vacation days, as long as I am willing to walk their dog on those days.

Anonymous wrote:Guaranteed hours, yes. We also give prorated PTO. If she worked three days then I would offer 10 days PTO, combined vacation and sick. No holidays. No other benefits other than IRS reimbursement if she uses her car to transport kids.

Disagree with this. She should get holidays that fall on her work days. You could say they are covered by guaranteed hours, but not really because you might make her work (or she doesn't know you won't). You can get away with not offering any PTO for part time, but not holidays that fall on her work day or guaranteed hours.

Guaranteed hours, yes. We also give prorated PTO. If she worked three days then I would offer 10 days PTO, combined vacation and sick. No holidays. No other benefits other than IRS reimbursement if she uses her car to transport kids.

Guaranteed hours are imperative for PT, if you want someone to stay loyal to your job. Its so hard already to find someone for PT that doesn't have an eye out for something better, my advice would be to do what you can to offer consistency and make your job attractive.

We offer our pt nanny all the std benefits

I am hiring a nanny part time, 3 days a week. Do you normally guarantee hours for part time work, give vacation pay, PTO and sick days? Hours will be slightly different each week; an hour or to more or less.