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Anonymous wrote:If you're only going to take $20/hr and $30/hr overtime, than any rate that adds up to less than $1100/wk will be a no-go for you. But that's just the total.

They could express that $1100 as the technical $20/hr base rate + $30/hr OT, or as a blended rate of $22/hr across the board. Both equal $1100 for 50 hours.

My guess is, however, that they do not want to pay $30/hr OT, so they are going to offer you $1000/wk which breaks down as above. If you are willing to take that rate, then any hours beyond the 50 would also be paid at the "blended" OT rate of $27.05/hr.

In this case it would not benefit you unless you want the job and are willing to take a lower rate. In general, though, a blended rate just expresses the amount differently to come up with a mutually-agreed-upon weekly total.

OK thank you. I guess it's better if I figure out a weekly rate that I can live with as opposed to focusing on the hourly rate. I do intend to clarify with the family but thought it might not be a bad idea to do a little research on my own as their way of explaining it to me might possibly be biased. BTW PP, are you a nanny or a nanny employer?

I am an employer. I have never used a blended rate, since it seems just as easy to me to say that I'm offering $18/hr, $27 for OT, and will guarantee 42.5 hours/wk., which is what my nanny works. I have good math skills, though, so both presentations seem equally clear to me. Some people really want to work with round numbers ( $1000/wk), or have to work backwards from a budgeted weekly amount, and so the blended rate does that legally, as long as any additional overtime is paid at the actual OT rate.

Thanks for answering. I'm sure you will agree that it's not as much of a hardship to pay $27 per hour for 2.5 hours a week as it would be at 10 hours a week so you can see how some other folk would seek a work around.

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Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:If you're only going to take $20/hr and $30/hr overtime, than any rate that adds up to less than $1100/wk will be a no-go for you. But that's just the total.

They could express that $1100 as the technical $20/hr base rate + $30/hr OT, or as a blended rate of $22/hr across the board. Both equal $1100 for 50 hours.

My guess is, however, that they do not want to pay $30/hr OT, so they are going to offer you $1000/wk which breaks down as above. If you are willing to take that rate, then any hours beyond the 50 would also be paid at the "blended" OT rate of $27.05/hr.

In this case it would not benefit you unless you want the job and are willing to take a lower rate. In general, though, a blended rate just expresses the amount differently to come up with a mutually-agreed-upon weekly total.

OK thank you. I guess it's better if I figure out a weekly rate that I can live with as opposed to focusing on the hourly rate. I do intend to clarify with the family but thought it might not be a bad idea to do a little research on my own as their way of explaining it to me might possibly be biased. BTW PP, are you a nanny or a nanny employer?

I am an employer. I have never used a blended rate, since it seems just as easy to me to say that I'm offering $18/hr, $27 for OT, and will guarantee 42.5 hours/wk., which is what my nanny works. I have good math skills, though, so both presentations seem equally clear to me. Some people really want to work with round numbers ( $1000/wk), or have to work backwards from a budgeted weekly amount, and so the blended rate does that legally, as long as any additional overtime is paid at the actual OT rate.

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:If you're only going to take $20/hr and $30/hr overtime, than any rate that adds up to less than $1100/wk will be a no-go for you. But that's just the total.

They could express that $1100 as the technical $20/hr base rate + $30/hr OT, or as a blended rate of $22/hr across the board. Both equal $1100 for 50 hours.

My guess is, however, that they do not want to pay $30/hr OT, so they are going to offer you $1000/wk which breaks down as above. If you are willing to take that rate, then any hours beyond the 50 would also be paid at the "blended" OT rate of $27.05/hr.

In this case it would not benefit you unless you want the job and are willing to take a lower rate. In general, though, a blended rate just expresses the amount differently to come up with a mutually-agreed-upon weekly total.

OK thank you. I guess it's better if I figure out a weekly rate that I can live with as opposed to focusing on the hourly rate. I do intend to clarify with the family but thought it might not be a bad idea to do a little research on my own as their way of explaining it to me might possibly be biased. BTW PP, are you a nanny or a nanny employer?

I am an employer. I have never used a blended rate, since it seems just as easy to me to say that I'm offering $18/hr, $27 for OT, and will guarantee 42.5 hours/wk., which is what my nanny works. I have good math skills, though, so both presentations seem equally clear to me. Some people really want to work with round numbers ( $1000/wk), or have to work backwards from a budgeted weekly amount, and so the blended rate does that legally, as long as any additional overtime is paid at the actual OT rate.

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:If you're only going to take $20/hr and $30/hr overtime, than any rate that adds up to less than $1100/wk will be a no-go for you. But that's just the total.

They could express that $1100 as the technical $20/hr base rate + $30/hr OT, or as a blended rate of $22/hr across the board. Both equal $1100 for 50 hours.

My guess is, however, that they do not want to pay $30/hr OT, so they are going to offer you $1000/wk which breaks down as above. If you are willing to take that rate, then any hours beyond the 50 would also be paid at the "blended" OT rate of $27.05/hr.

In this case it would not benefit you unless you want the job and are willing to take a lower rate. In general, though, a blended rate just expresses the amount differently to come up with a mutually-agreed-upon weekly total.

OK thank you. I guess it's better if I figure out a weekly rate that I can live with as opposed to focusing on the hourly rate. I do intend to clarify with the family but thought it might not be a bad idea to do a little research on my own as their way of explaining it to me might possibly be biased. BTW PP, are you a nanny or a nanny employer?

Anonymous wrote:I am currently interviewing with a family that needs 50 hours a week. My rate is $20 per hour. They want to offer me a salary based on what they call a blended rate. What does this mean?

Anonymous wrote:If you're only going to take $20/hr and $30/hr overtime, than any rate that adds up to less than $1100/wk will be a no-go for you. But that's just the total.

They could express that $1100 as the technical $20/hr base rate + $30/hr OT, or as a blended rate of $22/hr across the board. Both equal $1100 for 50 hours.

My guess is, however, that they do not want to pay $30/hr OT, so they are going to offer you $1000/wk which breaks down as above. If you are willing to take that rate, then any hours beyond the 50 would also be paid at the "blended" OT rate of $27.05/hr.

In this case it would not benefit you unless you want the job and are willing to take a lower rate. In general, though, a blended rate just expresses the amount differently to come up with a mutually-agreed-upon weekly total.

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:It doesn't have any legal meaning in this case. Ask exactly how much they are offering for the full guaranteed amount and insist on OT for hours > 50. They may be trying to say they aren't willing to pay a base rate of $20 but there's really no point in guessing.

Not sure what you mean by legal meaning. Are you trying to say it's a way of getting out of paying OT if my base rate is $20?

Anonymous wrote:I imagine that they are saying that they will pay $1000 a week - breaking it down into 18.20 for the the first 40 hours and then 27ish for the last 10 hours. But as the former poster mentioned, the only way to find out is to ask!

Anonymous wrote:It doesn't have any legal meaning in this case. Ask exactly how much they are offering for the full guaranteed amount and insist on OT for hours > 50. They may be trying to say they aren't willing to pay a base rate of $20 but there's really no point in guessing.