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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]OP here - no "entitlement or privilege" because we do pay her when she's not here and did build in sick time and holidays. Additionally, I actually did ask who was taking care of her child and she said that her mother who she was quarantining with was taking care of the child. [b]The arrangement was that she is going only between our household and hers with just her mother and her child[/b].[/quote]

In both this post and the OP you seem to be insinuating that your nanny was lying to you about exposure. I guess maybe you think her daughter couldn't have become sick unless the nanny is lying about going out?

So, I think you have two problems here:

1) If you want the nanny to tell you when her own child has a cold, you need to use your words. She probably figured that since it was just a cold, and since she had childcare for the sick kid covered, that you would prefer having childcare over not having childcare. She didn't do anything wrong, but you need to make your expectations clear.

2) If you've had a nanny before, you know that when you hire a working class individual to become part of your household, the challenges of working class Americans become your challenges. In this case, the challenge is that it is likely impossible for your nanny to quarantine as tightly as you are doing. Multi-family dwellings, shared laundry spaces, the impossible economics of ordering grocery delivery. You have to understand that the convenience of having external help is going to be offset by having someone in your home who literally cannot control their exposure as easily as you can. [/quote] Thank you times a million. Ironically there have been threads here from employers who are annoyed that their nanny is more vigilant about covid than they are. We care givers can't win. We are expected to take care of sick children. We are exposed to our employers and have no idea if they are being honest with us about their exposure. We make a quarter or less what our employers make. And yes some of us have our own children! [/quote]

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