Nannies! Your Top Four Pay Questions Answered 💰 - YouTube

Hi everyone, Laura from  Nanny Parent Connection here.

Today’s video topic is Your Top  Four Nanny Pay Questions answered!

These are the questions that I most commonly  hear from nannies, so I thought it would be a  

great idea to put together a video so that  more people could get a good understanding  

of just how they should handle these questions.

Question 1: When is the right  time to ask for a raise? 

A great time to ask for a raise is when you’re  coming to the end of your contract. This is  

typically a calendar year and the family wants  to renew the contract with you. You should also  

consider negotiating a cost of living rate  increase for 2022. The cost of living is going to  

increase by over 5%, so make sure you factor that  in and figure out what that looks like for you  

and ask for at least that. Anytime the household  duties change or you’re caring for an additional  

child, your rate should also change accordingly.  So this could be taking on any household assisting  

duties, household management duties, or even  if there’s a new child born in the family  

or another child now needs care. These  are great times to ask for a raise.

Question 2: How much of a raise should I ask for? 

When the family has another baby and that new  baby is going to be cared for by you, or perhaps  

there’s a different sibling that now requires  care as part of their role within the household.  

That is when most nannies probably ask for  a $2 to $3 per hour raise. Now for a very  

experienced nanny, this could look like even  more, maybe $3 to $5 per hour or more when  

additional household assisting or household  management duties are being added to the role.

Question 3: What should I do if  I’m not getting paid overtime pay? 

I get this question a lot from nannies  and a quick side note, I also hear  

kind of a similar question, “Do I have to  pay for overtime?” from parents when I’m  

speaking about what they’re looking for  a nanny. Well, the short answer is yes,  

it’s the law. It’s not a choice and this isn’t  something a nanny should have to ask for.  

It should be something that’s discussed in the  contract. If it’s kind of an outlier week and  

you end up working more than 40 hours in a  week, you are required to be paid overtime.

Nannies, if for some reason  you’re not getting overtime,  

pay, you should address that with the family.  It is the law. The bottom line is unless you  

are a live-in nanny, you must be paid overtime  for working more than 40 hours in a week. There  

are some differences in overtime pay laws  regarding live-in childcare. But if you’re  

a regular nanny living outside of the family  home, you need to be getting paid overtime pay  

which is time and a half your regular hourly  rate for any hours worked over 40 in a week.

Now to give you a quick sample calculation:

If you’re a nanny working at $25/hour  for 45 hours a week and you’re not  

receiving overtime pay. You  would be making $1,125 per week.

Now if you’re working 45 hours per week  and you’re being paid overtime for those  

five extra hours per week. You’re going to be  making $25/hour multiplied by 40 hours in a week,  

which comes out to $1,000. For the five extra  hours per week that you worked, you will earn  

time and a half which is $37.50/hr. You would  be making $187.50 of overtime pay per week.

Now if you start to factor that in for a  whole year, that starts adding up!. So,  

make sure you’re not missing out on that overtime  pay. If you factor all of this in and figure out  

what you would be making being paid at your  regular rate 45 hours per week for the year  

versus what you would be making for your regular  pay plus overtime pay rate for those 45 hours per  

week, you factor that in over a calendar year,  that’s over $3,000 that you’re missing out on!

So in summary, overtime pay is not something  that you should have to ask for as a nanny.  

Although the reality is that many nannies  do need to ask for this because they find  

themselves in a situation where their employer is  not following the law. So if you find yourself in  

this situation nannies, make sure you bring  it to your employer’s attention right away.

Now I’ve put together a sample script  of what you could say to your nanny  

family when bringing this topic up:

“When we were first discussing payroll, I didn’t  realize it was a law that I receive overtime pay.  

Now. I was doing some calculations and I  

realized I’m missing out on over  $3,000 in overtime pay each year.  

I would like to make sure that the legal labor  standards are being met for this position.”

Of course, there are many ways you can bring this  

up with your employer and that  was just one sample verbiage  

option that you could potentially use if you’re  unsure of how to convey this to your family.

Question 4: How do I ask for paid sick leave? 

Well, the first step is to educate yourself on  your state’s law. There are many different law  

variations on sick leave across the United States.  I know that in Washington state where I’m located,  

nannies are entitled to one hour of paid  sick time for every 40 hours they work.  

This is typically something that is tracked  through payroll, although it’s worth mentioning  

that it is a nanny industry-standard to receive  not only your paid time off but also to be paid  

that accrued sick time. So just make sure that  the law is at least being met and that you’re  

comfortable with whatever you and your family  settled on. Educate yourself on the law and make  

sure that those requirements for any paid sick  time are being met and fulfilled contractually.

Alright, everyone that’s it for the  Top Four Nanny Pay Questions answered.

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Thank you. Bye everyone!