You should just explain it to her. My employers are First Time Parents and there were many things they didn't understand about employing a nanny.

Don't listen to the posters who are saying this is fair, it isn't!

Guaranteed hours mean that the family is promising to use you for a minimum of X hours a week (in your case 22.) This is beneficial so you know they won't use you only 10 hours one week leaving you with little money. This does NOT mean that you get 22 hours no matter what. You still have to work those hours. So like you said you have been working less than 22 hours but the family was kind enough to pay you up front for those hours, but you still need to go back and work them.

If this arrangement doesn't work for you then tell them next time they shouldn't pay you for 22 hours if you hadn't worked them yet and that you don't want to get in a situation where you owe them work for monies paid.

No, OP, guaranteed hours weekly are guaranteed hours weekly. There is no banking of time - that is why they are guaranteed hours and not guaranteed salary. Make sure your MB is aware of this.

If you were paid for hours you didn't work then I don't see how you are entitled to keep money you didn't earn.

This is just as ridiculous as the one from yesterday saying they were paid for the whole month up front and now they want to go out of state to be with their boyfriend but they already paid the bills and they want validation for keeping the money.

I always bank hours that way no one feels used or taken advantage of.

Sounds fair to me.

NO WAY!

Fuck her. I'd quit. That woman is trouble.

No, that's BS. You should quit.

She sends me a different schedule weekly so it varies on the times. It's usually 3-7:30pm. But next week my boss wants me to stay until 11 and use the "unused" hours that I didn't work but she didn't need me for. Isn't that the point of guaranteed hours?

We don't have a contract but an email that states what is expected of me. My boss just brought this up and I don't think it's fair for me to have to work almost double and not get paid.

No. Guaranteed hours are usually set (eg. Tuesday 12 - 6, Thursday, 9 - 5) You are always available for those hours and your employer should pay you for those hour regardless of whether or not she needs you.

Anonymous wrote:I started a job two weeks ago. It's a guarantee minimum of 22 hours per week paid. Then my boss said that she needs me to work late. One week I worked 16 hours and the next 17 hours. She said that she wants me to make up the hours that I got paid for. Basically banking the hours? Is this fair?

No.

I started a job two weeks ago. It's a guarantee minimum of 22 hours per week paid. Then my boss said that she needs me to work late. One week I worked 16 hours and the next 17 hours. She said that she wants me to make up the hours that I got paid for. Basically banking the hours? Is this fair?