quick question about weekends away with employers

[mananny]

My bosses have a second home that they go to regularly and 50% of the time I'm asked to come along too. Mainly as I travel up with MB and kiddies on the Friday and then we come home on the Monday. So often I am not actually rquired over the weekend although I help out a lot as its an isolated farm with little else to do. We are renegotiating my hours/pay for September when Mondays and Fridays won't be my usual work days unless they book me to come to the farm. Am I right in charging them for all hours worked on the Monday and Friday plus an allowance for giving up my weekend to be up there with them? They've expressed a little confusion about me asking to be paid when I'm not working but I feel there is no chance of a social life etc up there so I should be compensated.

Any advice from nannies/employers on what they do in this kind of situation?

I would say either some form of compensation for the fact you're giving up your weekend, (money or time off in lieu), or reimbursement of your expenses to travel back to your normal place of work on Friday evening, and returning to the farm on the Monday morning (if that is feasible).

what if you had a wekend job . you would be out of pocket .

If you are not needed to work, why do you go up to farm with mum on a friday? Can she not travel alone with children?

yes I would charge my normal daily rate for both days, and probably the weekend as well - as paros asid, you could be out of pocket if you worked weekends at home or bs sat night etc

We employ a nanny and haven't asked her to come away with us, but I would certainly expect to compensate her if she gave up her weekend to come away with us. Possibly time off in lieu if she was ok with that, I guess. It seems a bit much to expect you to be there but not be compensated for it. Is there any way you could do what Laura says and come back on the Friday? At least then you'd have a weekend to yourself.