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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]Our nanny has been with us since February, so five months total. We love her. The only issue is she is gone a lot. Since she started she's taken her 10 days pto, 8 paid sick days and 9 unpaid vacation days. She's now out for a medical issue and it's not clear when she can return (we are paying her obviously). So she's been gone 27 days total, over 20% of the working days since she's been with us. This isn't counting the four paid federal holidays.

Is this excessive? We are just double paying for childcare on these days and scrambling. Not sure if we should say something. The other thing is it's only July and I'm sure she has other trips etc planned for the year. [/quote]

That would be a LOT for me. A nanny (IMO) is about consistent childcare and 1:1 exposure. What is up with the non-paid vacation days? Does she have sick leave left for the year? Has she announced vacations for the 2nd half of the year outside of paid holidays?[/quote]

We put ten paid vacation days in her contract and she used those up in February and April, so this latest 9 day trip was unpaid. We don't have a sick leave policy so have paid all sick days. She is going away for a week while we're gone later this month (we are paying obviously) and again in August when we're gone for a wedding. But she hasn't said anything other than that. 
I'm mostly wondering how to handle a potential extended medical leave. It seems harsh to say we're not paying but this is getting really expensive and hard to wrangle. [/quote]

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