Nanny with kid - fair pay

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Hi. I am looking for advice please. I am
trying to find out how much I shld look into paying a nanny to look after my 3 year old and her 2 year together in my home.
I live in Sw London.
Any thoughts. / advice would be very much apprecciated.
M

Off top of head I would say £7-8 hr based on what was quoted to me when I was searching for a nanny and a couple of candidates with a baby showed interest. Full time closer to the first, part time closer to the second.

i had a wonderful mother's help who got pregnant. i chose not to re-employ her. i have never regretted it. she came back as holiday cover a few times, with her child, and - call me selfish/heartless/mean - but i can't help find his presence a tiny bit annoying. if my children are sick all over my sofa or break the stereo i shrug my shoulders. but when it's someone else's (who you're paying) it rankles a bit. also i see how, in the subtlest possible way, her child gets priority. she would never neglect my children and she has the kindest nature, but you can't change a mother's basic instinct to protect her lioncub. so i would expect some discount i i employed a nanny with a child.

but legaly her job was suppose to be there for her!!
Isn't it illegal to terminate someones contract just because they are pregnant/had a baby??

It is illegal to do that but legally she doesn't have the right to take her child with her. That would be a change in the terms and conditions so I suspect that GaribaldiGirl (mmmm ) wasn't prepared to let her mother's help back with the child and that was the end of that.

yes that's right. you have to ofer the job back but on the same terms and conditions, so not with a baby. she worked right up to the end of her pregnancy and frankly was fairly useless for the last 4 weeks. it was awful because i was pregant too and ended up doing half her job by this point (I'm a stay at home mum with a large family). but that is one of the hazards of employing young women who love babies i suppose! writing this i'm feeling guilty critisising her because she is a lovely girl and i'm very fond of her, but i suppose it comes down to the fact that having a nanny/mother's help is a big expense for most families so a pregnant (and therefore tired/sick) nanny is not something we necessarily rejoice about! she found another job with someone who had just one child and just did a couple of days a week.

I had this arrangment many years ago and it worked quite well. I would say you could get about 20% off the going rate for a nanny who doesn't come with their own child. So if going rate in your area is £80, then perhaps about £65. Make sure you've thought through the arrangements for expenses for activities etc.

well that's fair enough
As I said earlier I would never just expect to bring my own child to work because I have no one to leave the child with.
That's just silly.
I only would bring my child if there was children of same age so everyone can benefit and I was lucky enough I worked for parents who didn't mind at all.

i suppose the nanny can't claim tax credits and might end up 'paying' more than employer.?? nanny could use alternative childcare so they can claim. they probably wouldnt want to do that though.

If you see the child as a compromise to get the 'right' nanny you might never be happy anyway but if the child is seen as a benefit, as a close companion for your child then pay normally, you'll get better candidates probably. some adverts specify own child.

surely just because the nanny happens to do a job compatible (depending on employer's wishes) with taking child to work means its just lucky for them. It doesn't mean that those who can't do that should say they should be penalised because of it. Just like it happens all my employers have been luckier than me in terms of wages, personal internet use at work, getting to sit down more or go to the loo alone, long lunch breaks, working from home sometimes in jobs with a clear career progression and uncontoversial payment terms. Things are different. I seem to like my job more than they do too so that's lucky for me.

an extra child has not just benefits (so can't see parents paying more!) but also not just negatives.