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Paying home help for additional hours
Hi Ladies,
I was just wondering how I should pay my live-in for mid-week babysitting, what do most people do ?
We don't go out that much during the week but every now and then something comes up and we need her to babysit for us. I have heard some employers have 2 nights babysitting per week included in the salary and pay additional over and above 2 nights, others only pay additional if the home help has to work on what should be her day off. Unfortunately I didn't agree any terms with her about working additional hours and I want to be clear about it with her so she knows what to expect and there are no misunderstandings.
Is 100 Dirhams average for an evening babysitting or is it too little ?
We pay her 2000 per month + food +phone, 1 day off per week.
Second question, we will pay her an annual ticket home and 1 month holiday, does that mean she gets paid for the month she is on vacation plus an additional month holiday pay (i.e a 13th month).
She has only been with us 2 months and it is my first time employing in Dubai so I don't want to set any precedents that might back fire on me, by either make me look too generous or being very mean. If she continues to work out as well as it is going now, we will for sure be extra generous to her, but don't want to build any expectations.
Thank you
<em>edited by mum2girls on 10/01/2011</em>
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