AIBU to pay my cleaner a bit more in the summer holidays?

[MiladyDeSummer]

When we moved MIL as a gift gave us enough to pay someone to clean for quite a few months and I love her, she's ace (see, not used to staff, me )

She charges £8 per hour and comes for two hours every Friday.

Today it was unaviodable for her to bring her DD who is close in age to mine and she came with books and things to do. She was a delight

I feel really uncomfortable knowing that she drives five miles to my town and then puts her DD in childcare for two hours while she's working.

Would IBU to pay her £20 for two hours during the summer whether her DD is here or not?

MIL might not approve but it's only an extra £2 FGS.

Do people sometimes do this dressed up as, "oh I have no change" and should I be rounding it up anyway?

[strawberry17]

I don't think it's unreasonable at all, and if MIL doesn't approve can you pay the difference? You sound like a lovley person to work for.

[Flisspaps]

If you don't mind her DD being there why not say that she doesn't have to put her in childcare for those two hours, but that in the holiday she is welcome to bring her along if she brings along her books and sits quietly like today?

Probably worth more to her than the extra £4 you'd be giving her.

[MiladyDeSummer]

Oh MIL will be fine about it thanks strawberry (lovely name) and won't question.

But it does seem odd handing over £16. I don't know, it seems cheap giving crumpled tenner and fiver and a pound coin to someone who is so good at their job.

oh dear it is £4 not £2 difference but still.

Is this how the rich get richer then?

[Flisspaps]

Well think about it, with what you save by NOT giving her the extra money, in two weeks you've got enough for another hour of your lovely cleaner

Over the summer holidays that's an extra week and a half's worth...