Nanny is pregnant--compensation during leave?

[Anonymous]

Hi folks,

My nanny is pregnant and has asked for 2 months off, which we are happy to provide. Without that income coming in, her family of five will have some financial challenges, for sure. Does anyone have any experience with this? We unfortunately won't be able to provide her any compensation while she's off (we will be paying for a fill-in nanny). But do you have any knowledge of other income that can be pulled down for short term? Unemployment? Some other kind of public assistance? Thank you, we really appreciate your help!

[Anonymous]

Short term disability insurance, if she can get it.

[Anonymous]

Shouldn't SHE be looking into this since SHE is the one who decided to have a THIRD child?

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:Shouldn't SHE be looking into this since SHE is the one who decided to have a THIRD child?

Wow. Amazing.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:Short term disability insurance, if she can get it.

Assuming she is being paid on the books.

[Anonymous]

If she qualifies, she can get food stamps/WIC.

[Anonymous]

I think food stamps/WIC is going to be her best bet, but she might not qualify if income is too high w/ her pay since i think there is a lag from when you apply to when you get it (so once she gets 0 dollars from you should would not get it immediately).

I doubt you have short term disability insurance as a benefit since that would be really unusual. There really aren't many options. She needs to be saving up. It sucks but it's also reasonable as you mentioned that you have x amt of dollars to spend on childcare; if you have to now pay it to someone else to do her job for 2 months then you do not have it to pay to her.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:Short term disability insurance, if she can get it.

Assuming she is being paid on the books.

You can buy short term disability insurance. What does being paid on the books have to do with it?

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:Short term disability insurance, if she can get it.

Assuming she is being paid on the books.

You can buy short term disability insurance. What does being paid on the books have to do with it?

It doesn't matter.....if she is already pregNant, it's too late for std. And it's an uncommon benefit in most workplaces. She also will likely be ineligible for unemployment, since she will be recovering from birth and thus not available for work. I think the best option is for baby's father to obtain a second job.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:Short term disability insurance, if she can get it.

Assuming she is being paid on the books.

You can buy short term disability insurance. What does being paid on the books have to do with it?

Sorry, I meant State Disability Insurance. We have that in California and it is a mandatory payroll deduction.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:Short term disability insurance, if she can get it.

Assuming she is being paid on the books.

You can buy short term disability insurance. What does being paid on the books have to do with it?

Sorry, I meant State Disability Insurance. We have that in California and it is a mandatory payroll deduction.

SDI is a California-specific program that is not replicated in any other state.

[Anonymous]

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Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:Short term disability insurance, if she can get it.

Assuming she is being paid on the books.

You can buy short term disability insurance. What does being paid on the books have to do with it?

Sorry, I meant State Disability Insurance. We have that in California and it is a mandatory payroll deduction.

SDI is a California-specific program that is not replicated in any other state.

Intersting.

[Anonymous]

OP, did you get paid when you took maternity leave? Maybe you saved up your PTO of 30 days and accumulated leave so you were paid. Sad, that nannies do not have this benefit because they only get, if they are lucky, 10 days off per yr.

[Anonymous]

"Sad, that nannies do not have this benefit "

willing to be almost no one employees of family owned businesses that rely entirely on their 1 employee to "run" things give this benefit. It is not at all unusual that families do not give paid maternity leave as they will need to pay someone else out of pocket while nanny is gone.

I give nanny PTO that i can afford to cover myself - not so much that i have to pay someone else while she is gone. That would make no sense.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:"Sad, that nannies do not have this benefit "

willing to be almost no one employees of family owned businesses that rely entirely on their 1 employee to "run" things give this benefit. It is not at all unusual that families do not give paid maternity leave as they will need to pay someone else out of pocket while nanny is gone.

I give nanny PTO that i can afford to cover myself - not so much that i have to pay someone else while she is gone. That would make no sense.

I'm surprised you have children as you are so effing wonderful, you're too wonderful to eff.