Nanny’s Husband - Positive COVID test

[Anonymous]

Look you are getting advice here from people whose best job prospects are near minimum wage. They want every MB to give them 30 per hour, 4 weeks of vacation and every suggestion of going above and beyond is considered nuts.

The number of nannies on here who don’t wash a single dish because they have a chef in the house as well as a separate housekeeper plus not a minute over 8 hours a day with almost every Friday being a half day because MB came home early all the while getting 30-35 per hour is so plentiful on here. Dream on. And IF those nannies actually have that life, do you want to take advice from someone in that situation where the MB has a lot more options in life? Most of us work to make a living, we have to work a lot of hours, and paying the nanny is not next to nothing.

This is the board where nannies come to vent for not getting what they want in life.

Just think about that when you ask for advice. Lots of nannies on here posing as MB too.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:Our nanny share nanny of two years informed us yesterday that her husband tested positive for COVID - via text after she had left for the day. She told us he had been experiencing a cough for the past 5+ days. Idk what testing is like in all areas, but in ours you must make an appointment in advance and so we assume she had some advance notice of the test and didn’t disclose that either.

We are extremely upset that she did not disclose the cough to us on Day One. We don’t necessarily care that he got it because we knew he was working and we just know there’s no way to prevent getting it 100% - we are mad that she kept this from us and there are now major trust issues. I’m going through IVF and the other mom is pregnant and we can’t take any risks and she knew this. The other dad suffers from asthma. We talked thoroughly through risks, safety and everything and she said she understood.

We told her she had to get a COVID test ASAP and she said okay but we haven’t heard anything from her, which is also alarming at this point. All family members of the nanny share families are getting tested today.

I’m just wondering what others would do in this situation. Thanks in advance!

You pay her to stay home for 2 weeks.

Don’t reward bad behavior. It’s the first rule of being a good employer.

I am an MB and agree that this is the best solution. She should retest before coming back since there might not have been enough virus in her body for the test to detect.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:Our nanny share nanny of two years informed us yesterday that her husband tested positive for COVID - via text after she had left for the day. She told us he had been experiencing a cough for the past 5+ days. Idk what testing is like in all areas, but in ours you must make an appointment in advance and so we assume she had some advance notice of the test and didn’t disclose that either.

We are extremely upset that she did not disclose the cough to us on Day One. We don’t necessarily care that he got it because we knew he was working and we just know there’s no way to prevent getting it 100% - we are mad that she kept this from us and there are now major trust issues. I’m going through IVF and the other mom is pregnant and we can’t take any risks and she knew this. The other dad suffers from asthma. We talked thoroughly through risks, safety and everything and she said she understood.

We told her she had to get a COVID test ASAP and she said okay but we haven’t heard anything from her, which is also alarming at this point. All family members of the nanny share families are getting tested today.

I’m just wondering what others would do in this situation. Thanks in advance!

You pay her to stay home for 2 weeks.

Don’t reward bad behavior. It’s the first rule of being a good employer.

I am an MB and agree that this is the best solution. She should retest before coming back since there might not have been enough virus in her body for the test to detect.

Don’t reward bad behavior. It’s the first rule of being a good employer.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:Our nanny share nanny of two years informed us yesterday that her husband tested positive for COVID - via text after she had left for the day. She told us he had been experiencing a cough for the past 5+ days. Idk what testing is like in all areas, but in ours you must make an appointment in advance and so we assume she had some advance notice of the test and didn’t disclose that either.

We are extremely upset that she did not disclose the cough to us on Day One. We don’t necessarily care that he got it because we knew he was working and we just know there’s no way to prevent getting it 100% - we are mad that she kept this from us and there are now major trust issues. I’m going through IVF and the other mom is pregnant and we can’t take any risks and she knew this. The other dad suffers from asthma. We talked thoroughly through risks, safety and everything and she said she understood.

We told her she had to get a COVID test ASAP and she said okay but we haven’t heard anything from her, which is also alarming at this point. All family members of the nanny share families are getting tested today.

I’m just wondering what others would do in this situation. Thanks in advance!

You pay her to stay home for 2 weeks.

Don’t reward bad behavior. It’s the first rule of being a good employer.

I am an MB and agree that this is the best solution. She should retest before coming back since there might not have been enough virus in her body for the test to detect.

Don’t reward bad behavior. It’s the first rule of being a good employer.

The quarantine is in everyone’s best interest and you don’t dock an employee for that.

[Anonymous]

Here is your answer.

You need to let the nanny go. Just because you get tested most test are still coming up negative. She can be a carrier and later get sick herself. From here on out you need a contract about Covid-19 and following strict policies and social distancing.