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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]I haven't read the comments so sorry if I'm reiterating what others have said, but I was a full time nanny for 15 years and am now an MB. Here's my thoughts:
-Nanny shares are not fun for nannies. You have 2 families requirements and expectations to juggle (this is a perfect example) and 4 bosses instead of 2. Typically, the only reason a nanny does a share is for the increased pay rate. If I was with a family almost a year and never took off then got sick and they asked for a doctors note to "prove" it, I would also be inclined to resign. If they don't trust me to be truthful about an illness, what would happen if their kid got hurt on my watch? I had a child get a minor fracture under my care when she tripped in her living room and landed awkwardly on her arm. The family never questioned me and I was a wonderful employee to them for 6 years. I'd imagine a family that asked me to prove the validity of my need for sick days would have ruined my career over that trip and fall. I wouldn't feel safe working for them.

-Does your nanny have health insurance as a benefit? If not, did you just assume she has coverage? There was a period when I was nannying after I aged out of my parents coverage and before I was married where I didn't have health insurance. I was very sick once and had to go to urgent care and the bill was almost a week of my pay and that was the only time in my life I was late on rent that month. It was extremely stressful for me.[/quote]

All of these points are excellent.

I am willing to bet that if OP is requiring sick notes of her nanny without consulting the other family, and requiring sick notes of employees, that she is also doing other offensive or unreasonable or out of bounds things, and may not even be aware. [/quote]

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