July 4

[Anonymous]

MB here: Our nanny is off on Friday, it's not your fault that Independence day is on a Saturday. It would be within reason to discuss this with your employer.

[Anonymous]

Our nanny is off Friday, but not Monday, which DH gets off as well.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:Our nanny is off Friday, but not Monday, which DH gets off as well.

Then he can spend the day doing things without the kids if he wants--lucky man!

[Anonymous]

Nothing here, everyone is working.

[Anonymous]

Our contract states that nanny gets paid holiday if holiday falls on scheduled work day. Same as my contract used to say when I was a nurse.

[Anonymous]

Both parents are off and just asked me to work tomorrow. Annoying.

[Anonymous]

I'm working and MB/DB havent said anything anout holiday pay, even though it states in my contract this is a holiday. They don't pay me, the accountant does, so when I send in my house for this week in going to let him know I worked on a holiday. He'll know what to do. Either way, I'm getting holiday pay.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:Our contract states that nanny gets paid holiday if holiday falls on scheduled work day. Same as my contract used to say when I was a nurse.

Problem is, this is ambiguous. Is the holiday the actual 4th? Or, is the holiday the federal holiday? This wording, IMO, needs to be more specific in an actual contract.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:Our contract states that nanny gets paid holiday if holiday falls on scheduled work day. Same as my contract used to say when I was a nurse.

Problem is, this is ambiguous. Is the holiday the actual 4th? Or, is the holiday the federal holiday? This wording, IMO, needs to be more specific in an actual contract.

MB here. I give my nanny a list of the dates of her paid holidays at the beginning of every year. If the holiday falls on a Saturday, I give her the previous Friday off. If it falls on a Sunday, I give her Monday off. That way, she gets the same number of days off every year. I don't know if that is standard but it seems fair to me.

[Anonymous]

MB here. Any federal holiday that I have off is one my nanny gets as well. So today was a holiday for both of us.

Veteran's day I don't get, but in lieu of that I get the day after Thanksgiving - so she gets the same.

I would have loved to have had her here today and had the day to myself, but that certainly doesn't seem fair.

The golden rule is always relevant...

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:Both parents are off and just asked me to work tomorrow. Annoying.

Learn to say, NO. Stop being a doormat.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:Our contract states that nanny gets paid holiday if holiday falls on scheduled work day. Same as my contract used to say when I was a nurse.

Problem is, this is ambiguous. Is the holiday the actual 4th? Or, is the holiday the federal holiday? This wording, IMO, needs to be more specific in an actual contract.

Stop being obtuse. Use common sense. 99% of private employers in this area follows the Federal government for holidays that fall on Sat. Or Sun., just as they follow for snow closure.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:Our contract states that nanny gets paid holiday if holiday falls on scheduled work day. Same as my contract used to say when I was a nurse.

Problem is, this is ambiguous. Is the holiday the actual 4th? Or, is the holiday the federal holiday? This wording, IMO, needs to be more specific in an actual contract.

MB here. I give my nanny a list of the dates of her paid holidays at the beginning of every year. If the holiday falls on a Saturday, I give her the previous Friday off. If it falls on a Sunday, I give her Monday off. That way, she gets the same number of days off every year. I don't know if that is standard but it seems fair to me.

And she can always know when it's safe to make plans and not. Kudos, you're a great MB.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:Our contract states that nanny gets paid holiday if holiday falls on scheduled work day. Same as my contract used to say when I was a nurse.

Problem is, this is ambiguous. Is the holiday the actual 4th? Or, is the holiday the federal holiday? This wording, IMO, needs to be more specific in an actual contract.

MB here. I give my nanny a list of the dates of her paid holidays at the beginning of every year. If the holiday falls on a Saturday, I give her the previous Friday off. If it falls on a Sunday, I give her Monday off. That way, she gets the same number of days off every year. I don't know if that is standard but it seems fair to me.

And she can always know when it's safe to make plans and not. Kudos, you're a great MB.

They are in my contract, too, and I list the upcoming holidays on the bottom of her paystub. Also, I make it clear in the contract which days are not included (NYE, MLK Day, President's Day, Columbus Day). She gets some non-holiday days in lieu of some of those.