Don’t want to go on vacation

[Anonymous]

You can ask. We have paid out our nanny’s vacation for two years because she didn’t take it. Worked out for us.

[Anonymous]

Well, maybe don’t TELL them to, but asking couldn’t hurt. It all depends on what works best for them. It could be a win-win if they’ve got the cash!

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:I've been a nanny for many years and during that time I took one week when my employers took theirs and one I took on my own. And they hired someone for the week that I took off. And in addition I was paid for my vacation time. Some times I got 4 weeks with a full week's pay. Your employer need to pay you for your vacation time, I am sure that they get pay for their vacations time. However, you have to speak up on the day of your interview to make sure you are getting all that is due you. Otherwise some of these people will screw you, everyone should get vacation pay. I worked with a company on a pastime basic and I was paid for sick leave and vacation as well. Some of these people knows the rules but if you don't speak up they won't give you.....speak up or be smart and take your due time through your sick days....those are due even to a dog.....

Please do not listen to this poster.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:No sane nanny would skip some time off.

We deserve and absolutely this time off to function well with kids.

Nanny.

+100

[Anonymous]

Pp, that is not true. I’ve been with my current family for 6 years. In that time I have used 2 vacation days. My employers take between 4-6 weeks of vacation a year, for which I’m paid. I don’t feel the need to inconvenience them by taking my week, too.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:Just being honest, I would never pay out my nanny's vacation time. We cover her vacations without paying anything, so paying essentially a $2400 bonus (for her two weeks) is not something I would do. Our contract doesn't permit rollover, but -- in practice -- we'd allow it with advance warning.

Maryland requires that you pay out unused vacation at the end of employment unless your contract states otherwise. I don't know about other states. Just an FYI.

Our contract doesn't permit roll over. We're not in MD anyway, but the non-rollover provision would cover this for all but the year in question. For that year, we'd just think of it as her two weeks of vacation post-quitting, cover that how we'd normally cover her vacation and then start with a new nanny. We don't permit roll over precisely because we can cover 2 weeks of vacation in a year for three years w/o hiring a replacement, but we couldn't possibly cover 6 weeks in one year given our own employments' vacation policies.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:Just being honest, I would never pay out my nanny's vacation time. We cover her vacations without paying anything, so paying essentially a $2400 bonus (for her two weeks) is not something I would do. Our contract doesn't permit rollover, but -- in practice -- we'd allow it with advance warning.

Maryland requires that you pay out unused vacation at the end of employment unless your contract states otherwise. I don't know about other states. Just an FYI.

Our contract doesn't permit roll over. We're not in MD anyway, but the non-rollover provision would cover this for all but the year in question. For that year, we'd just think of it as her two weeks of vacation post-quitting, cover that how we'd normally cover her vacation and then start with a new nanny. We don't permit roll over precisely because we can cover 2 weeks of vacation in a year for three years w/o hiring a replacement, but we couldn't possibly cover 6 weeks in one year given our own employments' vacation policies.

"roll over" is different from "use or lose." "No roll over" could mean it's paid out if unused at the end of the year. You need to clarify this.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:Pp, that is not true. I’ve been with my current family for 6 years. In that time I have used 2 vacation days. My employers take between 4-6 weeks of vacation a year, for which I’m paid. I don’t feel the need to inconvenience them by taking my week, too.

I try to match them up too.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:Pp, that is not true. I’ve been with my current family for 6 years. In that time I have used 2 vacation days. My employers take between 4-6 weeks of vacation a year, for which I’m paid. I don’t feel the need to inconvenience them by taking my week, too.

In this situation, the nanny gets quite a lot of paid time off because her employers guarantee her hours, even though technically it isn’t her vacation week. Is that your case, OP? Because in that case, I get why you don’t feel the need for more time off.