Anonymous wrote:ok, thanks all.
Ideally, we'd be able to find people with similar hours because I don't want it to be a situation where there's weirdness over who pays more in taxes and all that. But I consider 38 hours "part time" just because I know a nanny's week is more than 40 hours!

Trying to figure this all out is difficult!

There are nannies who would LOVE to have a 40 hour work week, OP.

And since you and your share partners will be paying nanny separately and filing nanny taxes separately, there should be no issues at all over taxes.

I think, since you may very well have fewer hours than the other parents, that you will be less likely to host. It would be annoying after a while for nanny to have to drag the 2nd family's kid back to their home every day. So you will be facing the am and pm task of getting your child to care.

In your shoes, I would ask for a 5 day week/short days schedule at your work, and then consider whether you want to have nanny care to also cover some hours in addition to work so that you can, for example, go grocery shopping/run errands without your child. Of course, that all depends on what your childcare budget is - what are you looking to pay for 40 hours of care?

Ultimately, the weekly rate will determine, in great part, how much experience your potential nanny will have - not many nannies who are self-supporting with 10 years experience will agree to a $15/hour 2 family nanny share. But a novice nanny with limited formal childcare experience might be willing to accept that wage.

Anonymous wrote:ok, thanks all.
Ideally, we'd be able to find people with similar hours because I don't want it to be a situation where there's weirdness over who pays more in taxes and all that. But I consider 38 hours "part time" just because I know a nanny's week is more than 40 hours!

Trying to figure this all out is difficult!

It's your decision, of course, but I think you're reading way too much into it. We did a setup where the families used different hours for two years. There was never any 'weirdness' over taxes.
And if a nanny is only working around 40 hours (no overtime pay) she will want a higher hourly rate vs an hourly rate where she is guaranteed some overtime.

You should be able to find a family to do a nanny share with if you are offering 38 hours. I was able to find a family and I only need 27 hours. Usually the nanny has a single child rate of say $15 and a share rate of for example $20/hour. You pay the share rate ($10/hour) for your 38 hours and the other family pays the share rate for those 38 hours and then the single child rate for the remaining hours they use the nanny (plus any overtime if necessary).

Try reaching out on your neighborhood listserv to find families interested in sharing.