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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]I had a nanny like this. She had a long commute and kids of her own and was always always always 5-15 mins late. She could not afford the hit in pay. We worked it to where she would make up the time every other Friday and stay about an hour longer. We could go out for dinner and she could make up the time.

See if there is a similar compromise to had. Docking pay is a last resort but you don’t want to completely let it go either.[/quote]

Glad it worked out for you to have her make up the hours later, but for many employers that would not work.  "Always Always" late is unacceptable.  Did that mean that you and/or your spouse were in turn "always always" late for your job?

If my employee was always always late and said they couldn't afford a hit in pay, I'd ask them how they were going to afford $0 pay, because they no longer had a job with me.[/quote]

Sure, you could do that, but have you had a nanny? It is hard to find a good one and a pain to go through the interview and hire process. And you might end up with a nanny who is always on time, but worse in some other way. In our situation it made way more sense to work with our nanny on a compromise.[/quote]

Well, like I asked above--does your nanny being "always always" late make the parents late to THEIR job?   Even if the parents don't want to fire a nanny for being late, I know many jobs will fire an employee for being late.   If the parent gets fired for being "always always" late, they won't need a nanny.  Even if they don't get fired, they may get passed over for promotions or raises.[/quote]

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