Is this fair?

[firsttimeusingananny]

Please help me. I have never used a nanny before until last week. I had a nanny coming in for few days to help out with my 3 year old son.

She was brilliant my son loved her all good, nothing bad to say about her at all.

The original agreement was for her to work 10 hours in total. The first and last day she stayed over the agreed time. However, on the second day, it was snowing a lot so I told her if she felt unsafe driving home she could leave early. So she did, and she worked around 2.5hrs less that the original agreement.

She sent me her invoice and she charged the original 10 booked hours +2.5 additional hours.

I am on the fence whether this is fair or not. I can see why she would charge me that and I can also see why she shouldn't.

Personally, I would not have charged the additional hours, but I could be wrong. I haven't said anything, most likely I will just pay the invoice but I just wanted to hear other people's opinions.

Thank you!

Then I would pay her for ten hours PLUS the time you sent her home early for H & S reasons.

Well you are looking at a fairly small amount of additional cost as a one off but if she nannys/babysits on a flexible basis when you are out the house then just be clearer that her paid time ends when you are back (obviously if you work from home that's harder and you are going to have to set firmer limits on how long she can chat for)
Just be upfront, tell her you didn't realise she would bill for the time spent chatting when baby was in bed and you'll pay it this time but in future will keep a closer eye on the time she is off the clock.