Your post is confusing- did you still pay for her extra PTO days? Or did she take the extra days off unpaid?

Anonymous wrote:We have a FT nanny who we pay weekly, along with PTO and holiday bonus etc. This year she took a lot of extra PTO and as a result ran out of days.

DH and I were both able to take off for the year end holidays so we left for two weeks.

DH manages her paycheck and schedule but he told me today that because she didn’t have any PTO left for the year that he had paid her for last week plus her bonus but also told her he wouldn’t be paying her for the two weeks we’re away, and she was ok with it.

I told him that since we’re away but she’d have been available to work that he’s supposed to pay her either way. I guess she wanted to take off the time for Christmas so since she didn’t have any PTO left she was fine with not being paid, but did DH do the right thing here?

Thank you

So I think this is like any job - if you want to take time off and you’ve used up paid leave, you take it unpaid. That’s employment 101, no?

The thing here is whether she wanted time off (should be unpaid) or you guys told her not to bother coming in (should be paid since she was expecting to work and get a paycheck and you guys are switching it up).

Surely you were planning on paying her for Xmas eve and Xmas day as paid holidays anyways, yes?

I think it comes down to whether she was willing to work during that time. I know a lot of families who, in that situation (nanny used up her PTO and family is then out of town) who still have the nanny come in and “work” (tasks like cleaning out the kid closets, researching camps, running kid related errands, purging playroom, etc).

Anonymous wrote:If she had asked for the time off and we could manage without childcare, I would have offered it without pay since she used all her PTO. If she had not asked off and we were simply out of town with the kids, I would still pay her. It is not clear from your post if you told her you were going to be gone first or if she requested the holidays off first..

I hope your nanny reads this and starts looking for a new job . You are despicable.

Why would she need to take PTO when you're the ones out of town?

If she had asked for the time off and we could manage without childcare, I would have offered it without pay since she used all her PTO. If she had not asked off and we were simply out of town with the kids, I would still pay her. It is not clear from your post if you told her you were going to be gone first or if she requested the holidays off first..

You’ll be looking for a new nanny in the new year.

Anonymous wrote:She should be paid if she was able and willing to work. Now if she asked for the 2 weeks off and didn’t have pto then she shouldn’t be paid. But in your case you decided to not use her so you should pay her.

OP thank you that’s my understanding too

Anonymous wrote:She should be paid if she was able and willing to work. Now if she asked for the 2 weeks off and didn’t have pto then she shouldn’t be paid. But in your case you decided to not use her so you should pay her.

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She should be paid if she was able and willing to work. Now if she asked for the 2 weeks off and didn’t have pto then she shouldn’t be paid. But in your case you decided to not use her so you should pay her.

We have a FT nanny who we pay weekly, along with PTO and holiday bonus etc. This year she took a lot of extra PTO and as a result ran out of days.

DH and I were both able to take off for the year end holidays so we left for two weeks.

DH manages her paycheck and schedule but he told me today that because she didn’t have any PTO left for the year that he had paid her for last week plus her bonus but also told her he wouldn’t be paying her for the two weeks we’re away, and she was ok with it.

I told him that since we’re away but she’d have been available to work that he’s supposed to pay her either way. I guess she wanted to take off the time for Christmas so since she didn’t have any PTO left she was fine with not being paid, but did DH do the right thing here?

Thank you