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[quote=Anonymous]OP it sounds like you were in the position to offer lots of flexibility on arrival time and attendance. This is great for you and your nanny but you should be honest in providing a reference. If you lie, there is a good chance that things will not end well for your nanny and the new employer. Your nanny could very well end up fired then what will you do? Lie about her start dates to cover the gap in employment.

I think you have an idea that your nanny may have taken advantage of your generous leave benefits or you wouldn't be posting here. In over 25 years of employment, I have never taken two weeks of sick leave in a year. Honestly, I can't think of any employee who didn't develop something serious (cancer) that ever took this much and I managed multiple groups. Two weeks let alone more than two weeks of sick time without serious underlying healthy problems is a sign of a poor immune system or enjoying quite a few rest and relaxation days calling in sick. Being late 5% of the time is pretty frequent for an hourly job. OP -your job may not mind if you are late or don't have hard standard hours but many people have meetings or appointments and can't be late once or twice a month.

Your nanny either needs to find another very flexible position or she never really needed to late 5% of the time and take more than 2 weeks sick leave in a year. [/quote]

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