It wouldn't be a complaint but I also don't want to be viewed as someone who takes advantage of first time parents. Thank you all for the advice.

I will speak to the mom again.

Your making out better though for ot after 8 hours than if you got ot after 40 I wouldnt complain

webbkathy wrote:In the DC metro area, OT is after 40 hours in a 7 day work week. The after 8 hours a day is a California rule.

For reals?

I live in CA and I work 9 hr days, but I work part time.

I didn't know this. Cool.

Can you provide me with a link if possible PP? I would appreciate it a lot. Thx.

Anonymous wrote:Nannies should form a union.

Forming a union would do more harm than good to the Nanny Profession. Parents like and need to have the ability to fire a caregiver when they want as too many caregivers have been caught abusing and hurting their charges. If there were rules prohibiiting this, then there would be fewer people employing nannies.

Nannies should form a union.

Are you working more than five days a week and thus working 8 hour days that total more than 40 hours a week? That's the only way this doesn't work in your favor OP. and doing that would definitely be against the law.

But if you're working say four 10 hour days (so 40 hours a week) and your employers want to calculate that as 8 hours of OT a week, I would look at that as an added perk of this position. There are plenty of perks that the law doesn't stipulate (vacation time, guaranteed hours, sick pay, etc) that most nannies still consider common.

Anonymous wrote:I used to work a compressed week in semiconductors. Got ot over 8 hrs a day, not California.

Where? Under a union contract?

Anonymous wrote:MD is OT for over 8 hrs/day.

No it is not.

http://www.dllr.state.md.us/labor/wagepay/wpotgenl.shtml

Overtime - In General - The Maryland Guide to Wage Payment and Employment Standards

Overtime is payment to an employee of one and one-half (1.5) times the regular hourly wage for work performed in excess of 40 hours in a 7-day week. For some occupations in Maryland, overtime is calculated based on a different period of time. Certain farm workers, for example, receive overtime for hours worked over 60 in a week. However, under state and federal laws, some employers are exempt from the requirement to pay overtime, and some employees are exempt from the right to receive it.
Leave hours, including vacation, sick time, holiday, etc., are not counted toward the accumulated hours in a week for overtime purposes. Overtime is calculated on hours actually worked.

MD is OT for over 8 hrs/day.

I used to work a compressed week in semiconductors. Got ot over 8 hrs a day, not California.

In the DC metro area, OT is after 40 hours in a 7 day work week. The after 8 hours a day is a California rule.

I think it's 40 hrs/week because so many people work compressed schedules and don't get time and half for the longer days.

I do not know, but I think overtime is anything over 40+ hours a week.

I don't think working more than 8 hours a day can be overtime.

My new employer pays overtime at any hour over 8 instead of any hours after 40 like other employers have in the past.

Is there a website that explains the laws of overtime for domestic workers in the District of Columbia.