S/O would you be upset if employers changed holiday plans?

[Anonymous]

So on the general parenting forum there is a thread from a MB who was told by her doctor not to travel for the holiday. Guess one of the kids is too sick for a flight(??? Bad flu maybe???)

So the MB has the time off from work already but now is thinking she will ask her nanny to come into work, even though the nanny would have had the time off paid and it's less than a weeks out. I believe the MB says the family will travel in January and nanny could get that paid time than (ok I gave up reading it - it's 3 pages of parents and nannies just whining & acting rude).

So how would you feel if you show up to work today and your MB/DB says oh we need to stay home and your weeks off is now in January.

[Anonymous]

Over the holidays I would be upset. I have to travel to see my family and my husband has already taken the time off of work. So those would be wasted vacation days that we wouldn't get to spend together. If they said take the 24, 25, and 26 off and come in the rest of the week I would see that as a fair and flexible comprise. We switch off Christmas every year as do my siblings with their families so we can all be together every other year it would be so sad to miss them

[Anonymous]

If the nanny is being paid for that week because the MB gave her guaranteed hours then it is entirely appropriate for the MB to ask the nanny to come in if the plans change. The principal of guaranteed hours is that IF the nanny is available to work but the family takes extra time off the nanny will not be short pay. The nanny must be available to work for this arrangement to be fair. Guaranteed hours are not about maximizing extra paid time off for the nanny.

If the week off was scheduled as the employer's week of choice as part of the nanny's two week vacation and there was a notification time in the contract, then it wouldn't be appropriate. If there is notice period for the employer or nanny for their week's choice, then the MB does have a right to change the plans. The nanny needs to suck it up. I've heard of quite a few nannies trying to pull switching their vacation at the last minute hoping the family will not want to change their plans and she'll get an extra week off anyway. This is why a 2 week to 30 day notice period is good for both parties.

[Anonymous]

I don't think giving the nanny time off in January is an even swap. The holidays are now, and families are spending time together now. I would be upset that this change was occuring with less than a week's notice, and if the week off was part of my contracted vacation time at my employer's discretion I would be extremely upset at the lack of notice for changing what is just as much my vacation as it is theirs.

[Anonymous]

If be pissed. Looking forward to time off from the whiny sick kids

[Anonymous]

I don't think giving the nanny time off in January is an even swap. The holidays are now, and families are spending time together now. I would be upset that this change was occuring with less than a week's notice, and if the week off was part of my contracted vacation time at my employer's discretion I would be extremely upset at the lack of notice for changing what is just as much my vacation as it is theirs.

If it was an extra week that the nanny was getting because of guaranteed pay and she would have chosen this week as her vacation week then she can just ask to use her own vacation time. Guaranteed pay means YOU are available to work. If you are not available to work or will be pissy then its your PTO or time without pay.

[Anonymous]

If the nanny is being paid for that week because the MB gave her guaranteed hours then it is entirely appropriate for the MB to ask the nanny to come in if the plans change. The principal of guaranteed hours is that IF the nanny is available to work but the family takes extra time off the nanny will not be short pay. The nanny must be available to work for this arrangement to be fair. Guaranteed hours are not about maximizing extra paid time off for the nanny.

If the week off was scheduled as the employer's week of choice as part of the nanny's two week vacation and there was a notification time in the contract, then it wouldn't be appropriate. If there is notice period for the employer or nanny for their week's choice, then the MB does have a right to change the plans. The nanny needs to suck it up. I've heard of quite a few nannies trying to pull switching their vacation at the last minute hoping the family will not want to change their plans and she'll get an extra week off anyway. This is why a 2 week to 30 day notice period is good for both parties.

This. If it isn't the parent's week of contracted paid vacation and not the nanny's choice vacation week, then it is a free week due to guaranteed hours and nanny has no reason to be angry.

[Anonymous]

My family gave the week off. Then they took it back. Now they've given me it off again.

I was more frustrated because I wish they'd figure it outfirst but since I get paid for it anyway id suck it up if I was needed.