Part time nanny days off

[Anonymous]

I am in the process of interviewing nannies for a part time position (2 full days) for my 4 month old daughter. Do I offer her vacation days? How many? Do i pay her when we are on vacation? I'm a first time mom about to go back to work and this is all very new to me so I would appreciate hearing what the standard is. Thanks!

[Anonymous]

OP again: do I also offer guaranteed hours? Thank you!

[Anonymous]

If you expect her to guarantee her time to you, you need to guarantee hours/pay to her. I would offer one week sick and one-two weeks vacation. Her "week" will consist of two days. You should also pay for any holidays that you have off that fall on her working days. That could be problematic if she works on Mondays though.

[Anonymous]

Thank you for the response. So I will guarantee her 20 hrs a week, one paid sick week, one vacation week of her choosing. There will be several weeks at a time we will be on vacation, so I will pay her for those times.

So basically the only time she will not get paid is if she takes more than one week of sick time, or more than one week for her vacation. Is this correct?

[Anonymous]

This is a part time job. I would offer guaranteed hours and that's it. Any time she takes off is unpaid, but if you go on vacation, you pay her.

[Anonymous]

This is very part-time OP and I have worked these type of jobs for years, so in my opinion I would say that you do not have to offer paid vacation days or guaranteed hours for her.

Not saying you shouldn't however, if you decide to do so, they are not standard but rather a nice perk.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:This is very part-time OP and I have worked these type of jobs for years, so in my opinion I would say that you do not have to offer paid vacation days or guaranteed hours for her.

Not saying you shouldn't however, if you decide to do so, they are not standard but rather a nice perk.

So when the family go for a vacation you don't get paid. Are you serious? You think the nanny will wait for them.
Be real people do you think nannies wins lottery so that you don't have to pay. What is wrong with people no wonder why so many shots are going around.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:This is very part-time OP and I have worked these type of jobs for years, so in my opinion I would say that you do not have to offer paid vacation days or guaranteed hours for her.

Not saying you shouldn't however, if you decide to do so, they are not standard but rather a nice perk.

So when the family go for a vacation you don't get paid. Are you serious? You think the nanny will wait for them.
Be real people do you think nannies wins lottery so that you don't have to pay. What is wrong with people no wonder why so many shots are going around.

Shits

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:This is very part-time OP and I have worked these type of jobs for years, so in my opinion I would say that you do not have to offer paid vacation days or guaranteed hours for her.

Not saying you shouldn't however, if you decide to do so, they are not standard but rather a nice perk.

So when the family go for a vacation you don't get paid. Are you serious? You think the nanny will wait for them.
Be real people do you think nannies wins lottery so that you don't have to pay. What is wrong with people no wonder why so many shots are going around.

Shits

If you don't work you don't get paid. This isn't the nanny doing some favor for the family by working for them. It's a barter, nanny wants consistent income and MB wants consistent childcare, so MB offers X hours of work for X pay MOST weeks of the year. This isn't a serious full-time, "real" job, so on those days you get paid for not working consider yourself lucky, but it's not standard.

[Anonymous]

OP again: I think I will guarantee 2 days (20 hrs) and not offer her paid vacation or paid sick. I leave for 2 weeks at a time several times a year and the nanny will get paid during that time. Also every couple months I will not need her on Friday, but will pay and she will know these dates months in advance. Do you think that sounds fair? Too generous? Not attractive enough?

[Anonymous]

I think that sounds extremely generous. To sweeten the pot a little, you could also offer a paid day off at Christmas and Thanksgiving. This is what we do for our part -time housekeeper. In your situation, that would be offering 10 hours of PTO usable in the week containing Christmas and the week containing Thanksgiving. That way, even if she doesn't normally work on the holiday day, she gets a little PTO.

[Anonymous]

OP again: I think I will guarantee 2 days (20 hrs) and not offer her paid vacation or paid sick. I leave for 2 weeks at a time several times a year and the nanny will get paid during that time. Also every couple months I will not need her on Friday, but will pay and she will know these dates months in advance. Do you think that sounds fair? Too generous? Not attractive enough?

This is very generous, OP.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

OP again: I think I will guarantee 2 days (20 hrs) and not offer her paid vacation or paid sick. I leave for 2 weeks at a time several times a year and the nanny will get paid during that time. Also every couple months I will not need her on Friday, but will pay and she will know these dates months in advance. Do you think that sounds fair? Too generous? Not attractive enough?

This is very generous, OP.

Yep. I think the guaranteed hours thing is the key to keeping a part time nanny. However, I also suggest that you state explicitly in your contract that there are no additional paid days off (holiday, vacation, or sick). It's clear from these threads that a lot of nannies, especially younger ones who haven't had a lot of jobs, just assume these things are available to them if no one has said anything. Also, if you're in DC, you may be required to offer up to three sick days per year (the hourly employee earns them over time). Please check your dept. of labor website.

I have had PT nannies, and I will also just warn you that it's a much more mobile population. People who are working part time usually are doing it for a reason that may change (school, another part time job, family obligations, etc.), and they are quicker to move on no matter how good the offer.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:OP again: I think I will guarantee 2 days (20 hrs) and not offer her paid vacation or paid sick. I leave for 2 weeks at a time several times a year and the nanny will get paid during that time. Also every couple months I will not need her on Friday, but will pay and she will know these dates months in advance. Do you think that sounds fair? Too generous? Not attractive enough?

I'd be careful about not offering paid sick days unless you're super relaxed about exposing your child to illness. I wouldn't want our sick nanny coming in if she were very ill - for our sake and hers.... And if she doesn't think she'll get paid she will likely work when sick.

As far as vacation - our part-time nanny tries to take hers when we take ours.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:OP again: I think I will guarantee 2 days (20 hrs) and not offer her paid vacation or paid sick. I leave for 2 weeks at a time several times a year and the nanny will get paid during that time. Also every couple months I will not need her on Friday, but will pay and she will know these dates months in advance. Do you think that sounds fair? Too generous? Not attractive enough?

I'd be careful about not offering paid sick days unless you're super relaxed about exposing your child to illness. I wouldn't want our sick nanny coming in if she were very ill - for our sake and hers.... And if she doesn't think she'll get paid she will likely work when sick.

As far as vacation - our part-time nanny tries to take hers when we take ours.

Thank you! I hadn't thought about that at all. I def don't want her feeling obligated to come sick!