New nanny & pregnancy

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:Your baby is too young for what?

Possibly too young for a caregiver dealing with her own newborn? Think.

[Anonymous]

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Anonymous wrote:She would like to take 6 weeks off and then wants to bring her infant to work for 2/3 months since she wants to breastfeed. That won’t work for us since our baby is still too young.

if you otherwise like this nanny I would try and make it work. Nannies that do nanny shares can handle 2 babies, you nanny obviously thinks she can do this.

Nanny share nannies aren’t breastfeeding one of their charges every two hours while the other one waits. I wouldn’t want to pay DC nanny rates for someone to not care for my child.

[Anonymous]

OP you might need to check if you can let her go for being pregnant, it might be a protected class and you open yourself up to a lawsuit. Document all of her tardiness and other issues.

[Anonymous]

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Anonymous wrote:I would find someone new sooner rather than later to give your child time to bond .

+1. Your nanny was wrong not to disclose her pregnancy and her plans at hire. She should have found a family open to a share and OP should have found a committed nanny. Now both are going to be left scrambling.

Quite interesting. If employers in our corporate world were asking during interview if we were/ intended on being pregnant . I trust that we; as all whole would have interpreted that question as a basis for discrimination. It may not be a federal law but it is the 101 class for all employers. Those type of questions are ground for discrimination. Hold that standard for your care givers too ladies!!

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:I would find someone new sooner rather than later to give your child time to bond .

+1. Your nanny was wrong not to disclose her pregnancy and her plans at hire. She should have found a family open to a share and OP should have found a committed nanny. Now both are going to be left scrambling.

Quite interesting. If employers in our corporate world were asking during interview if we were/ intended on being pregnant . I trust that we; as all whole would have interpreted that question as a basis for discrimination. It may not be a federal law but it is the 101 class for all employers. Those type of questions are ground for discrimination. Hold that standard for your care givers too ladies!!

Yeah don’t fire her fo getting pregnant but tell her in uncertain terms she can not bring her baby. Let her quit and then find a new nanny, or she figure out her child care like everyone else does. Simple.

[Anonymous]

Agree with pp. Let her know that she needs to find childcare for her own child in order to keep working for you as you hired nanny to focus on your child for 1 on 1. Otherwise you could go with daycare

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:Agree with pp. Let her know that she needs to find childcare for her own child in order to keep working for you as you hired nanny to focus on your child for 1 on 1. Otherwise you could go with daycare

You're also not required to give her any time off since she hasn't worked for you for a year. I'd let her know she has no sick leave left (if that's the case) so you can't have her take any days off post-birth unless she has accrued them. She sounds like a nightmare.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:I would find someone new sooner rather than later to give your child time to bond .

+1. Your nanny was wrong not to disclose her pregnancy and her plans at hire. She should have found a family open to a share and OP should have found a committed nanny. Now both are going to be left scrambling.

No one needs to disclose a pregnancy when interviewing for a job. It's discrimination. OP, you can tell her that she can't bring the baby with her to work. She gets six weeks off to have a baby which you need to backfill. You can't fire someone for having a baby.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:I would find someone new sooner rather than later to give your child time to bond .

+1. Your nanny was wrong not to disclose her pregnancy and her plans at hire. She should have found a family open to a share and OP should have found a committed nanny. Now both are going to be left scrambling.

Quite interesting. If employers in our corporate world were asking during interview if we were/ intended on being pregnant . I trust that we; as all whole would have interpreted that question as a basis for discrimination. It may not be a federal law but it is the 101 class for all employers. Those type of questions are ground for discrimination. Hold that standard for your care givers too ladies!!

Apparently, it's not discrimination if it's not happening in an office? wth.
She doesn't have to disclose a pregnancy. If she's been with you less than a year, she doesn't get 6 weeks off under FMLA, but she could take all of her vacation time during her postpartum.
If you don't want the baby to come to work with her, tell her that. I would assume that she would be looking for a new job then too.