Experiences with Litigation
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Anonymous
| I'm in a bad situation and thinking about suing one of my families (I'm in a share) for completely going back on our employment agreement. I know people post here all the time saying that you should sue and giving legal advice, but I'm curious to hear from anyone who has actually BTDT. How did it go? |
Anonymous
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Get a life. Move on.
- From a nanny |
Anonymous
Didn't your mother teach you if you don't have anything nice to say, don't say anything at all? I cringe at the thought of so many of you mean women spending your days with someone else's children... |
Anonymous
Its this attitude that makes it so damn difficult for a nanny to stick up for herself, because idiots like you 1) discourage her 2) are ready and willing to accept the abuse if she doesn't. |
Anonymous
| 16:17 here. To answer your question OP, no I haven't been there, but I did have a share family that liked to skirt the law and our agreement. I chose to quit (with the required notice) and they threatened to sue me if I didn't stay with them for the full contract term. I researched the applicable employment laws in my state (the ones they had violated, and the ones outlining my rights) and I gathered any evidence I had of things they had agreed to, laws they broke, etc. I presented them with a copy of everything, and they quickly changed their tune, so we never went to court. |
Anonymous
OP, here, I'm curious about other people's life experiences, which you don't appear to have, PP, so... and I know this may come as a shock... I'm actually not interested in your opinion. |
Anonymous
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98% of people who threaten to sue are bloviating.
Don't threaten to sue. Instead discuss directly with the other party what need to change and what is unacceptable. But if you're in a really bad situation -- simply leave. Get out. |
Anonymous
| We sued our former nanny in small claims court. She was completely wrong. We won. It was terrible, and I wish we hadn't had to do it. |
Anonymous
Details. Why did you sue? |
Anonymous
Wrong about what? Quitting? |
Anonymous
| OP, w/out diverging too many details which is understandable, can you elaborate a little more for us? |
Anonymous
| Take them to small claims court. (You do realize that you'll probably lose both jobs in the share, right? Even fair employers try to steer clear of a litigious employee.) |
Anonymous
You do realize decent employers don't want to see their nanny being cheated by unscrupulous people? |
Anonymous
| Good reasons for going to court - they are willfully (not unknowingly) breaking the law by refusing to pay IT or else refusing to pay you at all for hours worked. It they have not paid you other promised amounts if money such as health care stipend or gas money. All other breaches of contract to me are best dealt with by quitting. In both cases you should make sure you have at least tried to fix it by talking with the MB first. |
Anonymous
Yes because only MBs/DBs do anything wrong and you could definitely win a law suit because a nanny quit. |