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Anonymous
| We have a nanny that comes to our house five days a week for half days. We do not have a contract on paper with her but we did make agreements when we hired her that she would have two weeks paid vacation and paid holidays. For us if we want to go on vacation, I told her I would tell her in advance and she would know and could plan her vacation the same time or not. She has used both her two weeks vacation and another week off unpaid. We went away for the Fourth of July for a week which she has known about for five months. She is still asking for pay. am I supposed to pay her and if so, how can a nanny get paid vacation but me as the employer not take any vacation without having to pay her? I'm not looking for criticism I want to know the proper way to handle this. Note: we also take long weekends that are decided last minute days before and she always gets paid if we miss a Friday/ Monday Etc. |
Anonymous
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IF she’s a FT employee (40 hours guaranteed) and have a contract then yes, you pay her every time your family takes vacation. That’s the norm.
Not sure why she’s expecting you to pay her; she’s blown all her pto. You need to draft a contract asap and make it clear that she’s entitled to certain benefits(pto, healthcare, holidays, annual raise, mileage reimbursement) |
Anonymous
| Yes you should pay if you are canceling. |
Anonymous
| If you don’t need her then yes to still pay. She still has bills to pay. |
Anonymous
Pay her and pray that she doesn't find a new job and leave you high and dry even though she should. |
Anonymous
| If you wanted her to take her vacation during yours, you should have been clear that it was expected. You told her that she’d have paid holidays which presumably includes Independence Day. Industry standard is that the nanny is paid 52 weeks for year, and any variance from that should be spelled out in the contract. |
Anonymous
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Yes you have to pay her. How is this a question?
You need a contract where vacation time is clearly defined. What we did was say one week of vacation was at our choosing, one week was at her choosing, with at least a month’s notice on both ends. If we took more time off, we paid. If she took more time off, we didn’t pay. |
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| Your choice to travel is not your nanny’s burden, you could ask for some addition night hours to shift or weekend, my nanny sometimes does this to help me offset the lost costs. |
Anonymous
Nope, this is banking hours and illegal. |
Anonymous
No. Against the law. |
Anonymous
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I am a business owner with an HR background. I'd pay the nanny if you are away. Is she open to doing any tasks during the time you are away? (organize child's room, closet, do some light housekeeping). If not, you can try asking her to work extra hours to make up for the time she was not working while you are away. She is under no obligation to accept this though.
This is not against the law as long as it is done properly and as long as any hours worked over 40 in any given 7 day period are compensated at 1.5 times her hourly rate. Note that federal law only requires employers to pay hourly employees for the hours worked unless there is a contract in place that guarantees a fixed number of hours (which OP does not have) |
Anonymous
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As a nanny of 25yrs, i feel a nanny should not be obligated to take her time off when the family takes their vacation. Her vacation time is hers and she should be able to choose when and how she uses it. She did take an extra week which was unpaid so she didnt demand to pay for that extra week.
When you are away, the nanny still gets paid, its a standard rule. However, if she is a part time nanny that is all different. Full time, you go away she is still paid. |