Paid Time off for Part time Nanny (2 days a week)
We are in the process of hiring a nanny for 2 days a week (8-10 hour days) for our 5 month old for when I return to work part time. The nanny we have in mind is very experienced and charges $20 an hour. We will be paying her over the table. She works for another family 2 days a week for whom she used to work full time. She has been with them for 4-5 years and retained her full time benefits when she switched to part time. We are unsure of whether or not we are required to offer her any PTO or sick time based on the fact that its only 2 days and that she already has benefits from her other position. I do not have any PTO or sick time and I do not enjoy any benefits as a part time employee at UCSF. Any input is appreciated as we are first timers...
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If you were getting her at $20 an hour over the tables and you were very lucky, especially being part time. Most nannies start at $25 and up and they're paying over the table.
You might want to offer her a cash benifits that is under the table as that might be cheaper for you in the long-haul .
I'm not totally sure which benefits she has kept from her other employers, but when it comes to PTO or sick days, she can't use this benefit on days she's working for you, right? So a best practice would be to offer vacation and sick time that accrues based on the number of hours she worked. Usually it's recommended to offer 1 hour each of vacation and sick leave for every 30 hours worked. More info here:
http://domesticemployers.org/qa/fair-wages-human-resources/
Our nanny works part-time for us two days a week. She works for another family the other days of the week. We give her the equivalent of two weeks vacation and sick leave based on the amount of days she works for us in a week. This means we give her four days of vacation and four days of sick leave a year, plus any holidays that fall on her days with us. If she wants to take a week off for a vacation, it’s not really fair if one family gives her paid time off and the other one makes her take leave without pay. You also want a happy nanny and let her know that you appreciate her especially if she is looking after your child. PTO is a good way to give that appreciation. Also, even though we give her sick leave, our nanny rarely uses it but it's there if she needs it. She does use her vacation and usually will tell us months in advance so we can plan accordingly. We also give our nanny a raise each a year.