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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]For the record we pay our nanny very well and do all these things.  I just get frustrated when at times (like the huge snow storm where nanny can’t make it in and then refuses to come in again the next day despite being offered safe transportation here) that I’m always supposed to pay her no matter what but also supposed to pay for every minute over our schedule on a given day.

Hourly employees generally have the benefit of overtime pay and being paid for every minute worked.  The drawback is they don’t get a lot of paid vacation, generally don’t get paid for time they don’t work, and can be subject to schedule changes.

Salaried employees get the benefit of paid vacation and paid holidays.  They get paid whether or not they’re able to show up and do their job.  The drawback is they don’t get paid extra for every minute they work over their regular schedule in a given day.

My husbands job is one and mine is the other.  It feels like nannies get both.  And yes I’m partially just frustrated at the moment that dh wasn’t able to do his job and therefore wasn’t paid bc our nanny wouldn’t come in with provided transportation or stay overnight to prevent this problem (she doesn’t have kids or pets) but we still have to pay her.  I in no way think nannies should be poorly paid or paid off the books or nickled and dimed, but I also don’t think they have some special status that elevates things above literally all over workers at regular companies.[/quote]

If she refused to come in when you offered her ways to do so, and one of you must work or not get paid, you should have included clauses about attendance during foul weather in your contract.

You are justified in being upset. I am a nanny, and refusing to come in to work when I am offered a way to do so means no pay for me.  [/quote]

I agree. OP, you need to amend your contract to say that she needs to notify you by a certain time if she feels she can’t safely reach you via her normal transportation, and that you will provide alternative safe transportation. If she chooses not to come to work, she will not be paid.

Many hourly workers are “required attendance” in my neck of the woods (as are the salaried workers). Snow doesn’t mean a day off for all of us.  Those of us in essential jobs, like health care and child care, need to put on our boots and slog through the snow. You’re generous in offering to arrange transportation. [/quote]

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