FT Employer docking me every penny…

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Anonymous wrote:They should not pay you for the doctor visits except if you make up the hours. They should pay you if they schedule you and don’t need you.

That’s insane! How can you not get compensated for going to a check-up?!! Employers do go to doctors appointments and dental and more and best believe their company pays them regardless. This is about your HEALTH. For an employer not to pay you those few hours is just so petty &cheap!!

If I am leaving my office during my scheduled hours I have to take PTO (yes, even though I'm salaries), my employers don't care if it's for my HEALTH.
Yet another classic DCUM nanny scenario where y'all just don't think you have to operate like 99% of the rest of the workforce.

“99% of the workforce” doesn’t have the draconian management you do.

Actually, yes, most do.

Most employers either have "comp" time (have to make up the hours missed for appointments OR have already made them up in advance) or health appointments are counted against sick time that has been accrued. Sorry, nannies, it is a bit entitled to expect to be granted unlimited time off for health appointments or illness. If you are not at work doing your job, your employers can't do theirs. If your former employers didn't account for this, they probably just didn't want to deal with the complication to that week's payroll.

The nanny is not asking for unlimited sick leave; just to be compensated for the hour or so that she needs to get health check. How’s that entitlement?!!!Shhe watches their kid and important to be healthy so she can perform accordingly.

She is compensated through her annual and sick leave/PTO. That's why she is given it. If she refuses to take it, that's on her.

Absolutely not. As employer, I never deduct a dollar whenever our nanny needs medical care. If she needs a surgery then for sure she’d use sick leave. Some people here lack common sense.

[Anonymous]

I work with dual career parents, the 3 times i needed to run to dentist they never clipped my payment. No needed to make up hours, either. It’s medical (took about 90 min at the very most) sick leave applies when nanny is indeed SICK. Most people that have VERY decent jobs/high earners won’t deduct the dollar. Come on, its the principle!

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Anonymous wrote:They should not pay you for the doctor visits except if you make up the hours. They should pay you if they schedule you and don’t need you.

That’s insane! How can you not get compensated for going to a check-up?!! Employers do go to doctors appointments and dental and more and best believe their company pays them regardless. This is about your HEALTH. For an employer not to pay you those few hours is just so petty &cheap!!

If I am leaving my office during my scheduled hours I have to take PTO (yes, even though I'm salaries), my employers don't care if it's for my HEALTH.
Yet another classic DCUM nanny scenario where y'all just don't think you have to operate like 99% of the rest of the workforce.

“99% of the workforce” doesn’t have the draconian management you do.

Actually, yes, most do.

Most employers either have "comp" time (have to make up the hours missed for appointments OR have already made them up in advance) or health appointments are counted against sick time that has been accrued. Sorry, nannies, it is a bit entitled to expect to be granted unlimited time off for health appointments or illness. If you are not at work doing your job, your employers can't do theirs. If your former employers didn't account for this, they probably just didn't want to deal with the complication to that week's payroll.

The nanny is not asking for unlimited sick leave; just to be compensated for the hour or so that she needs to get health check. How’s that entitlement?!!!Shhe watches their kid and important to be healthy so she can perform accordingly.

She is compensated through her annual and sick leave/PTO. That's why she is given it. If she refuses to take it, that's on her.

Absolutely not. As employer, I never deduct a dollar whenever our nanny needs medical care. If she needs a surgery then for sure she’d use sick leave. Some people here lack common sense.

First of all, this writing doesn't sound like that of an employer unless English is not your first language. (The articles are incorrect in two places, which gives it away.) Secondly, it's not a lack of common sense to have your nanny use her PTO for medical appointments. If an employer chooses to give her nanny extra time for personal business, that's generous but not "common sense" since someone (most likely the parents or grandparents) will have to be responsible for the children during that time. It's an inconvenience at best, so the nanny shouldn't expect it to be given on top of all the PTO in her contract.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:I work Full-time for a family that has a 1 year old, started when DS was only 2 months. The two times i needed to go to doctor i took about 1-2 hours off and got back to work. The family deducted those hours from my paycheck. A few weeks ago, DM told me she had family in town and wont need me one day. I got those 8 hours deducted from my paycheck, also. In the 11 years working as a FT nanny none of my former employers never clipped me for medical nor days off given voluntarily by them. Have you dealt with this issue before? Would you email or speak directly to them that im not happy with that and want guaranteed hours. TIA for your advice!

Medical appointments should be paid out if your sick leave. Not coming in due to their relatives should be covered by guaranteed hours. Both situations should be in your contract.

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Anonymous wrote:They should not pay you for the doctor visits except if you make up the hours. They should pay you if they schedule you and don’t need you.

As a Nanny I’ve always gotten paid if i needed medical without making up hours; its the principal of employer to make sure their caregiver is healthy for performance. Just as employers take numerous’brakes’ for lunch, medical, nail appointments and such the nanny must be compensated if it is just an hour or so.

Nope, that’s what sick leave or PTO are for.

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Anonymous wrote:They should not pay you for the doctor visits except if you make up the hours. They should pay you if they schedule you and don’t need you.

So your employer docks you for every single doctor’s appointment you “slip out to?” I very much doubt it, unless you’re a Walmart cashier.

You can’t “slip out” unless they have other childcare arrangements or you cart their child(ren) to the appointment.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:Thanks a bunch for all the advices. So after talking to them my salary is now guaranteed (whether they need my services or not due to family in town or fam takes vacation)they made a change to our contract and would not be penalized for medical appointments as I mentioned that I’ve never ever got clipped for it. I have used the 4 sick days they gave me a year and added 2 more days since they came down with COVID last summer and I used all my sick days. PTO remains 10 days.

Im at peace now, thanks again!!

Appointment should be unpaid or using pto. You had sick leave and used it.

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Anonymous wrote:They should not pay you for the doctor visits except if you make up the hours. They should pay you if they schedule you and don’t need you.

That’s insane! How can you not get compensated for going to a check-up?!! Employers do go to doctors appointments and dental and more and best believe their company pays them regardless. This is about your HEALTH. For an employer not to pay you those few hours is just so petty &cheap!!

If I am leaving my office during my scheduled hours I have to take PTO (yes, even though I'm salaries), my employers don't care if it's for my HEALTH.
Yet another classic DCUM nanny scenario where y'all just don't think you have to operate like 99% of the rest of the workforce.

“99% of the workforce” doesn’t have the draconian management you do.

Actually, yes, most do.

Most employers either have "comp" time (have to make up the hours missed for appointments OR have already made them up in advance) or health appointments are counted against sick time that has been accrued. Sorry, nannies, it is a bit entitled to expect to be granted unlimited time off for health appointments or illness. If you are not at work doing your job, your employers can't do theirs. If your former employers didn't account for this, they probably just didn't want to deal with the complication to that week's payroll.

The nanny is not asking for unlimited sick leave; just to be compensated for the hour or so that she needs to get health check. How’s that entitlement?!!!Shhe watches their kid and important to be healthy so she can perform accordingly.

She is compensated through her annual and sick leave/PTO. That's why she is given it. If she refuses to take it, that's on her.

Absolutely not. As employer, I never deduct a dollar whenever our nanny needs medical care. If she needs a surgery then for sure she’d use sick leave. Some people here lack common sense.

First of all, this writing doesn't sound like that of an employer unless English is not your first language. (The articles are incorrect in two places, which gives it away.) Secondly, it's not a lack of common sense to have your nanny use her PTO for medical appointments. If an employer chooses to give her nanny extra time for personal business, that's generous but not "common sense" since someone (most likely the parents or grandparents) will have to be responsible for the children during that time. It's an inconvenience at best, so the nanny shouldn't expect it to be given on top of all the PTO in her contract.

Your convenience is your inconvenience right? Nanny takes an hour for medical appointment and there you go your inconvenience and cheapness!

[Anonymous]

This post was from last year and nanny worked things out.
Some DC moms here are unbelievable disheartening. No wonder why they can’t find reliable caregivers. Cheap employers yet want it all.

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Anonymous wrote:This post was from last year and nanny worked things out.
Some DC moms here are unbelievable disheartening. No wonder why they can’t find reliable caregivers. Cheap employers yet want it all.

There are plenty of nannies saying that the nanny should use sick or pto.