weather emergencies

[Anonymous]

Do you tell your nanny not to come in during a weather emergency like today's wind? Do you give a choice about whether to come in and if nanny chooses not to come in do you charge leave?

[Anonymous]

I told my nanny not to come in. My DH is off, but I have to work still. If we both had to work and were both going in, I would need her to come. I will still pay her for today. If I asked her to come and she did not, she would have to take leave.

[Anonymous]

I had the option to come in or stay home. If I would have stayed home, I could use PTO or take unpaid leave. I would have preferred to stay home (with the rest of the world ) but my employers had to work- all 4 and they really needed me to come in, so, I decided to be a team player. I normally drive to work but when I don’t feel safe to do so the pay for my Uber (to the metro) and train ride to the nearest station located near them, which is only a few minute walk to their house- hopefully I don’t blow away! Be safe everyone!

[Anonymous]

In any weather emergency, I offer our nanny the option of staying home and always pay her for the day. I trust our nanny to make the best and safest decision for herself.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:I told my nanny not to come in. My DH is off, but I have to work still. If we both had to work and were both going in, I would need her to come. I will still pay her for today. If I asked her to come and she did not, she would have to take leave.

good policy

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:In any weather emergency, I offer our nanny the option of staying home and always pay her for the day. I trust our nanny to make the best and safest decision for herself.

better policy

[Anonymous]

I called and said I didn't feel safe coming in. Mb asked me to come in late I said I would if the weather got better ( I assumed it would) mean 1 hour later she told me to take the day off

[Anonymous]

This is why I prefer to live-in!

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:This is why I prefer to live-in!

Probably why the employers prefer a live-in.

[Anonymous]

It's in my contract, if we have a weather emergencies I don't come in. If government is closed, I stay home.

[Anonymous]

Government closes because there are tens of thousands of people commuting over high bridges, frozen rails, on trains, in van, buses, etc. If you were driving a short distance on a day like yesterday, it would have been 100% fine.

I worked (my building closed but i went in to grab some stuff and plenty of people were there), and my nanny worked.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:In any weather emergency, I offer our nanny the option of staying home and always pay her for the day. I trust our nanny to make the best and safest decision for herself.

better policy

+2 I trust my children's nanny with their lives so I certainly trust her to judge when she should or shouldn't drive in during a weather emergency.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:This is why I prefer to live-in!

Probably why the employers prefer a live-in.

Yep, one of the many reasons

[Anonymous]

Our nanny has stayed home on some snow days, but as long as it's safe to drive, she'll come in (since my husband and I don't get those days off). If she doesn't come in then she still gets paid. It's not her fault the weather was bad. I don't get the people who don't treat their nannies like real employees. I suppose there might be nannies whose husbands make so much the nanny's salary is irrelevant, but our nanny lives off her salary, so she gets a set salary year round (plus additional overtime sometimes). How would you like it if your employer docked your pay because you didn't come to work one day?!?

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote: How would you like it if your employer docked your pay because you didn't come to work one day?!?

If your work doesn't close, don't you have to take leave (vacation) or time off without pay?

Our weather policy is to get a day off with pay when we (or at least one of us) get the day off with pay. Makes no sense for me to have to charge a vacation day so the nanny can get another day off with pay.