Anonymous wrote:Are you talking about direct deposit one week after pay period?

I always clarify that if they choose the direct deposit option, then there is a one week delay. They can also elect to get a check on the spot at the end of Friday for the week. Most elect to get the direct deposit.

Yes, with direct deposit (we don't offer any other option, though).

Are you talking about direct deposit one week after pay period?

I always clarify that if they choose the direct deposit option, then there is a one week delay. They can also elect to get a check on the spot at the end of Friday for the week. Most elect to get the direct deposit.

Most payroll services have a one week delay (as with many jobs). This is in our contract with our nanny and we always make sure she knows about the delay before she takes the job. After the first week, our nanny gets paid every Friday by direct deposit.

With my first nanny I gave her a check once a week for that week's wages. She was older and didn't want to do direct deposit. With my second nanny I have direct deposit. I use Intuit household, so have to run payroll before 5pm on Wednesdays. I usually do it on Tuesdays so I don't forget. If something comes up later that ween and she needs to use vacation hours or sick leave unexpectedly, I just correct the pay statement and give it to her the following week. Has worked so far. It is kind of annoying that I wait about a month to get paid myself but, my employee's salary is taken out of my account before she has worked the full week. But it all balances in the end.

Anonymous wrote:Those nanny payroll outfits pad their profits by having a hold on the employer's cash, before the nanny can get her earnings. It's a scam.

What

I pay on the 15th and the 30th, regardless of when the nanny starts, and no one has ever had a problem with that. I would also agree to an advance or early partial pay the first pay period if someone asked, though.

Those nanny payroll outfits pad their profits by having a hold on the employer's cash, before the nanny can get her earnings. It's a scam.

Anonymous wrote:There was a long thread awhile back where those of us on payroll were trying to explain the one week delay - well, regardless of whether people understand how it works, no one seemed to like it. I'd plan for your nanny to get her first paycheck deposited the Friday of her first week. The Monday after the weekend would be the latest.

I agree.

Anonymous wrote:There was a long thread awhile back where those of us on payroll were trying to explain the one week delay - well, regardless of whether people understand how it works, no one seemed to like it. I'd plan for your nanny to get her first paycheck deposited the Friday of her first week. The Monday after the weekend would be the latest.

This would be ideal, it seems, from nanny's perspective. But it doesn't seem to work out with most of the payroll systems.

There was a long thread awhile back where those of us on payroll were trying to explain the one week delay - well, regardless of whether people understand how it works, no one seemed to like it. I'd plan for your nanny to get her first paycheck deposited the Friday of her first week. The Monday after the weekend would be the latest.

I am the soon to be MB -- trying to plan for what I need in place.

You want to make sure she gets her pay asap, unless she doesn't need it.

What does your contract say?

If your nanny starts on a monday, what are the general expectations for when they'll get the first check? Would the first pay period be that first week with the check being direct deposited the next Friday and then weekly thereafter?