I wanna know how much a live in caregiver should be paid room & board
We buy our own food, company car we use it but we pay for gas.
I work 5 days of 7 and two days off I work at 6am to 6 am next day untill my two days off come. There’s 2 of us who work we take care of 4 residents 2 of them have dementia. One on hospice the other just getting old.
I ask because your employer is violating a truck load of labor laws.
You should go to the labor board and get a copy of your rights as an employee.
However, if you are not properly documented you could be facing deportation. This kind of exploitation is why it is so important to become legal, you loose rights because you are breaking the law and that leaves you vulnerable to being taken advantage of.
Will you share your status?
If I am reading your posts correctly:
Caregiver A works Monday 6 am until Sat 6 am, has Sat 6 am until Monday 6 am off
Caregiver 2 works Sat 6 am until Thursday 6 am, has Thursday 6 am to Sat 6 am off.
So there are two of you working from 6 am Monday until 6 am Thursday and Thursday through Monday morning there is only one of you working? Now I know the days will be different, but I was trying to sort out your posts.
If you were only working 40 hours a week, at $800 per month you are being paid $5/hr. At 120 hours a week you are being paid $1.67 an hour. This is about double what inmates in Arizona jails earn, but basically slave wages.
Your hourly wage would be whatever is the going rate for your area. It can greatly vary from small cities to huge metro areas.
Does the owner come in to help if one of you is out sick or has to deal with family issues, or for going to your own doctor appointments, etc?