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# Question of the Week: Overtime for Nannies?
- URL: https://bklyner.com/question-of-the-week-overtime-for-nannies-ditmas-park/
- Published: 2012-06-16T16:12:09.000Z
- Updated: 2014-09-30T23:12:39.000Z
- Author: Mary Bakija
- Tags: childcare, Domestic Workers’ Bill of Rights, #API-Imported

![](/content/images/wp-content/uploads/2012/06/dpc_nanny_wiki-533x389.jpg "Nanny Wants Rights! Via Wikimedia")

The [New York Domestic Workers’ Bill of Rights](http://www.labor.ny.gov/legal/domestic-workers-bill-of-rights.shtm?ref=bklyner.com) went into effect in 2010, but are people following it when they’re hiring nannies?

In [an article for The Nation](http://www.thenation.com/article/168353/uphill-battle-enforce-domestic-workers-rights?ref=bklyner.com), neighbor [Sharon Lerner](http://sharonlerner.com/?ref=bklyner.com) takes a look at the scene in Park Slope, referencing the most recent [Park Slope Parents Nanny Compensation Survey](http://www.parkslopeparents.com/docs/NannySurvey2011.FINAL.pdf?ref=bklyner.com) and noting that only 15% of respondents pay their nannies the required overtime rates, and that 44% paid no overtime at all. Speaking to an attorney who works in a legal clinic for domestic workers, she learns that “overtime abuses are rampant,” and explains that enforcement of the new law is difficult.

So, if you have a nanny, do you pay overtime?

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