Nanny asking to be paid for cancelling on trial shifts

[Anonymous]

She cancelled and you owe her nothing. Send her packing and keep.looking and this time you make sure candidates understands that there is no PTO for trial periods. If you cancel than she does.get paid even if you choose not to hire her.

[Anonymous]

Thank you, next. No $$

[Anonymous]

Okay, I see several things here.

1. She received the policy you sent her that stated that she would not be paid for cancelled days. She never sent you anything to indicate that she didn’t agree, so it’s implicit agreement.
2. She cancelled the first two of four trial days. The trial is when the nanny should be putting their best foot forward, not canceling if there’s a small amount of weather.
3. She billed you for I worked days during a trial.
4. Most nannies are paid for weather-related cancellations once a contract is in effect.
5. They also normally have paid sick days (your OP reads as if your position might require vacation/pto to be used instead).

No, you don’t owe her anything for those days, and at this point, you should move on to your next candidate.

I would suggest rethinking your vacation, pto, sick and weather policies. If you don’t separate pto/sick, then the nanny has no reason to ever schedule pto ahead of time. Sick days should be much more limited than pto for doctor appointments and other errands, and those should be scheduled ahead (quite reasonable to require 2 weeks notice or kore). Vacation should be scheduled ahead of time, and it’s completely reasonable to require 1-3 months of notice. Weather-related cancellations may be grouped with sick days, but it could lead to the nanny not wanting to use sick days when she should.

[Anonymous]

SCAM

[Anonymous]

OP SEE ABOVE

[Anonymous]

Pay nothing. It’s her policy that she is paid when she cancels? So, basically, it’s her policy to not work and still get paid?! Laughable. She is living in another world. Hard pass.