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[quote=Anonymous]OP, I don't think you should fire her, but I do think this warrants a formal warning.

Schedule a time to sit down with her and say that you realize the two of you hadn't sorted out your policies surrounding sick days and proper notification, so you'd like to do that now. Let her know that if she is sick, you need to know by 6am (or whatever time) and that if you haven't heard from her by then you will assume she is coming in. Tell her if she is unable to provide that notification, you will unfortunately need to terminate her employment. Give her this in writing, or amend your contract if you have one, and ask her if she has any questions or needs any clarification (for instance, I let my employers know two hours before I'm scheduled to be in if I'm sick, but I do so by text so as not to disturb anyone who might be sleeping - would you rather she call or text? would you prefer a heads up the night before if she's beginning to feel under the weather? etc.) and then move on.

Your nanny absolutely should be reliable and I agree that with only 10 minutes notice she probably overslept, but since it hasn't been clarified before I don't think it would be right to fire her on her first offense. Set some firm expectations for future sick days and hopefully that will be all it takes.[/quote]

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