Do you pay nanny for holidays? (ie. Memorial Day, Thanksgiving, Labor Day, etc)

[Anonymous]

I pay my nanny 52 weeks a year-she is straight salary. This includes ALL federal holidays (I get them off as well, so nanny not needed) and includes the week between Christmas and the new year, PLUS 15 business days PTO for her to use as sick or vacation, her choice.

[Anonymous]

In addition to two weeks of paid vacation, we give our nanny the "Big 6" holidays -- New Year's Day, Memorial Day, Independence Day, Labor Day, Thanksgiving and Christmas. DH and I don't get most federal holiday for our jobs. For those federal holidays we do get, we often give the nanny the day off with pay, but will sometimes come and have her work so that we can run errands, go out to lunch together, etc. And in general, on many days (non-holidays) that we know we'll be home, or home early, we'll give her extra time off with pay.

[Anonymous]

federal holidays, 2 weeks vacation, 5 sick days. for dcps closings(she has kids) she sometimes brings the kids.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:To last PP - my vote for the 1/2 day a week sitter is no holiday pay (unless you sign a contract that calls for it). If it's 1 full day, it's debatable. If it's 2 full days then she likely relies on your for a good portion of her income so then i'd say yes to holiday pay.

Agree...
Generally holidays off for the nanny depends on your schedule. If you dont have federal holidays off, the nanny cant be off. Our Nannies must coincide their 1 week vacation with our week. If you take your child to a daycare you would have to pay for holidays off and some vacations (you usually get 1 vacation week voucher) and sick days I believe vary from family to family.

[Anonymous]

Seems like many of the nannies have better leave than your average wage earners.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:No holidays for our PT nanny

+1, but since the PT wage-earners days are flexible things are sometimes moved as requested by either party to make hours more agreeable.

[Anonymous]

This all shocks me. I'm a FT professional consultant, and don't have the PTO many of you are boasting about. If i dont work, i dont get paid. I wonder how many of these posts are from actual non-federal employee parents, and not nannies.

[Anonymous]

Not a fed and I posted above. I also do not pay my housekeeper on weeks I do not use her. But the nanny is an integral and critical part of our family life. She is NOT at all easily replaceable because my children adore her. Even a new nanny w/ great skills would not be a good switch since my kids would miss her very much (judging by the "SHE'S HERE!!!!!" welcome she gets when we reunite after vacation weeks.)
I want to make sure she does not have an incentive to job-shop because she can't pay her bills if we decide to take a few days off here and there. It's market forces.
In my work we also have several consultants that we pay on retainer if they are ones we want to make sure to have access to on a consistent basis. Perhaps this isnt the case in your field, PP, but it's not unheard of if you need a specific person on a constant basis.

[Anonymous]

MB here, non federal jobs for me and husband. We pay most federal holidays, with one or two days variation to coincide w/ the official days off our employer gives. Nanny gets 2 wks paid vacation (timing is her choice), and 5 sick days.

Depending on your state, a contract specifying leave, compensation, etc.. is legally required for household staff whose number of hours worked (sometimes specified in dollars paid) exceed a specified threshold.

[Anonymous]

Should any Nanny except a job without federal holiday pay or working over 50 hours for 850.
Please I would like someone to answer.

[Anonymous]

Should any Nanny except a job without federal holiday pay or working over 50 hours for 850.
Please I would like someone to answer.

[Anonymous]

Yes it is their right that we give them extra pay. If any problem arises contact any legal advice. You can also try looking for free on like tl brown law that provide free legal advice.

[Anonymous]

No holidays. Only pay if asked to come in one day and then not needed.

[Anonymous]

The question that I am asking,should full-time nannies be paid for federal holidays?
My other question is when a employer should ask a nanny for ID?

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:Yes, my nanny gets the same paid days off that I get, which ends up being all the Federal holidays except for Veterans Day.

She also gets paid if I don't need her to work -- because I'm on vacation or grandparents are in or whatever the case may be. That's the way all daycares operate and it seems only fair for the nanny to be paid as well.

I am not a nanny but you are a truly wonderful person.