Snow days: regular pay?

[Anonymous]

I am also a bit confused by this issue. My nanny just sees the news and doesn't come in on snow days and expects to be paid. I am always a bit annoyed but never said anything because it usually was a rare occasion but this year it has really amounted to a lot of paid leave!

[Anonymous]

My office doesn't follow OPM or school closings so if I have to work, so does she. She can use PTO if she wants, but I don't pay for snow days.

Luckily, snow days have never been a problem. Our nanny isn't scared of weather and even takes DD out to play on snow days.

[Anonymous]

Op here. Lesson learned for next year. I either need to tie snow days to DCPS - which is where we live - or limit the number of days she can not show (and still get paid) due to snow/ice/weather. Part of the problem is that she lives in a nearby county that is a lot more liberal in closing than DCPS is and we tied her not coming on snow days to that county. Again, we will change this for next year. Thank you all for your help.

[Anonymous]

Or pay enough to get someone in your own neighborhood.

[Anonymous]

You need to hook to the government - dc or Feds - since the schools close constantly. They are a bad marker.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:You need to hook to the government - dc or Feds - since the schools close constantly. They are a bad marker.

I'd never accept that.

[Anonymous]

Parents with one teacher here and one lawyer. Law firm is closed if court is closed. Our policy is nanny is off and paid if we are both off. If only the teacher is off, she had the option to work and be paid for as many hours as she wants or take an unpaid day off. If we both work, she has to come in (hasn't been an issue in 4 years since schools close anytime there is a snowflake)! Our nanny usually elects to work 3-4 hours instead of 8 when teacher parent has snow day, which we love. (Parent gets some time to grade and do housework and we save some money.)

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:Parents with one teacher here and one lawyer. Law firm is closed if court is closed. Our policy is nanny is off and paid if we are both off. If only the teacher is off, she had the option to work and be paid for as many hours as she wants or take an unpaid day off. If we both work, she has to come in (hasn't been an issue in 4 years since schools close anytime there is a snowflake)! Our nanny usually elects to work 3-4 hours instead of 8 when teacher parent has snow day, which we love. (Parent gets some time to grade and do housework and we save some money.)

That seems really fair op. School is called off because it's too dangerous for you to be out. So you allow your nanny to come in a little late when it's safer, but penalize her in the meantime. YAY for saving money!

[Anonymous]

"Anonymous
Anonymous wrote:
You need to hook to the government - dc or Feds - since the schools close constantly. They are a bad marker.

I'd never accept that.

Hunh? Schools close WAY more since they have things like busing to take into account. The government closings are more reasonable since they are actually based on whether it is safe for workers to drive to the office. Why is this unreasonable?

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:Parents with one teacher here and one lawyer. Law firm is closed if court is closed. Our policy is nanny is off and paid if we are both off. If only the teacher is off, she had the option to work and be paid for as many hours as she wants or take an unpaid day off. If we both work, she has to come in (hasn't been an issue in 4 years since schools close anytime there is a snowflake)! Our nanny usually elects to work 3-4 hours instead of 8 when teacher parent has snow day, which we love. (Parent gets some time to grade and do housework and we save some money.)

Yay for screwing your nanny! How does this seem fair to you? If she works at all on a snow day (which the teacher gets paid for even tho they don't work) you should pay your nanny for the whole day. Ass. Do you not have guaranteed hours?

[Anonymous]

Any nanny that sees a snowflake and cries wolf will not be employed for very long.
Any nanny that cites uber conservative school or a club Fed openings wil also have issues.
The families with nannies have them because they work. They don't have fluff jobs where you don't show up because your nanny flaked, and everyone else in the office does show up. Half the nanny job is childcare the other half is to enable the employers to do their fulltime jobs.

[Anonymous]

We first check the traffic cams and then if the nanny "doesn't want to drive," we pick her up and drop her off later. Only if it is truly bad do we all stay home.
So far this year it's worked well. The roads and visibility have been fine, and there is a bit less traffic. She made it in and back every time but one, we worked as well.

Today we gave off since she wouldn't have made it home until 7 or 8 or had stayed the night. I took a vacation day, most of my team is working from home, lots of work email traffic, calls and email files to review.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:Any nanny that sees a snowflake and cries wolf will not be employed for very long.
Any nanny that cites uber conservative school or a club Fed openings wil also have issues.
The families with nannies have them because they work. They don't have fluff jobs where you don't show up because your nanny flaked, and everyone else in the office does show up. Half the nanny job is childcare the other half is to enable the employers to do their fulltime jobs.

I charge a premium for that type of job.