Holidays for nannies

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Anonymous wrote:We don’t give any PTO for the first 90 days. After that she accrues one day a month of PTO. This is in our written agreement because some of them take advantage of it

So they work three months and accrues no PTO? Seems to me that you are the one taking advantage. How do you feel about leaving your children with someone that you cheat from the get go?

Smart nannies know how to negotiate. If the family wants to not have the nanny blow a year’s worth of sick and pto in the first few months then quit, I understand. I willingly agree to that, but i negotiate that accrual starts from day one, and if I choose to leave during that time, I forfeit the accrued time; if I am let go (no fault), they pay out; or if I stay, I can use it whenever I want after the three months (I set my pto dates with reasonable notice to the family so they can arrange coverage).

This makes sense to me; if you have worked the days, you accrue the time. So if you get 20 days of PTO, you accrue 5 days per quarter and if you pass the 1 year mark, you carry it into the new year (or get paid out). I've seen some new nanny employers let their nannies take all the PTO in the first 5 months and then quit. When they hire a new nanny, she's entitled to PTO too, so they are in the position of having to cover something like 8 weeks of vacation over 12 months when their employers only give them 3 weeks.