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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]Why does the leave have to be paid? I'm ambivalent about maternity provisions in general, but couldn't the nanny's employer give her unpaid leave for 3 months, with a guarantee of getting her job back at the end? Is that not good enough? Is it really impossible for a nanny to save up 3 months of basic living expenses before taking leave? And if that is impossible... should you really be having a child....? If you don't have enough money on your nanny salary to save for 3 months of living expenses, then how are you going to pay for childcare once you go back to work?[/quote]

What are you paying your nanny? Seriously, if it’s enough to live on plus save three months of expenses, I’d live to apply!!! Beats my current income for sure. [/quote]

I don't have a nanny. I'm just asking a question. And like I said, if you are truly unable to save even 3 months of living expenses... are you really financially read to have a child....? I'm not saying it would be saved overnight, but you have a lot of time to plan if you're thinking of having a child.[/quote]

It must be awesome in Bubbleland. I hope one day to be as wise and perfect.

Many of us provide well and do plan, but there months incomeless would hurt most families. I’m self employed and had no maternity leave/pay. It was financially painful and took a few years to recover from. It’s not an uncommon scenario with independent contractors.

It’s great to tell others what they should do, privileged even. [/quote]

But you did it, right? What does it matter that it was "painful"? If you were able to do it, then why should someone else step in and pay for it?[/quote]

"Someone else" doesn't pay for it. You pay for it. That's what it means to live in a society--everybody pays for public goods, even if they don't necessarily use a particular amenity on a particular day (or ever). I pay for highways even though I rarely travel on them. I pay for public schools even though my kids don't yet attend. I subsidize all sorts of things that I will never personally use and some that I don't even think should be subsidized--but it's not my decision alone. And I benefit from many things that are subsidized by others who probably feel the same.

Where paid leave exists, it is structured more or less like disability insurance. It's not money that falls from the sky--you pay to be part of the system and the system in turn pays you when you are in need.

To the OP's question, though: yes, when we had a nanny share, our nanny had paid leave as one of her benefits, as did we with our own employers. Haven't had any other employees before or since.[/quote]

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