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[quote=Anonymous]We have a part time nanny (3 days per week) who lives less than a mile from us.  I think we have a generous package for our nanny, including a fair amount of paid time off and sick days considering that our nanny is only part-time and a lot of days that she leaves early (paid).  I'm a teacher, so I'm often off for snow days when the weather isn't that bad (and DH still has to go to work).  We never discussed snow days (I know-- next time it will go in the contract!).  Here is what I'm thinking about proposing to our nanny for bad weather days:

If DH and I are both off from work, she gets a paid day off.  (We definitely wouldn't need her and, if DH is off from work, it usually means we have more than the typical "everyone panic over 1 inch of snow".  In that case, I don't want her to feel any pressure to be out driving in bad weather.)

If I'm off from work but DH has to work, she can decide whether to come in for a shorter day (paid at normal salary but work 9:30ish-3:30ish to allow time for roads to be plowed and get home before dark) or can have the day off unpaid.  (It would be really nice for me to use part of the day to catch up on grading/planning/household tasks and, presumably if DH is working, the roads aren't too bad.)

Does this sound reasonable?  I'll obviously discuss it with her (and am open to her ideas), but want to make a reasonable proposal.  But, I don't necessarily want to set up a situation where we are paying her for some of the snow days we get around here when the roads are really ok.  (Sometimes my county closes because the northern/western part is bad, but our area is fine, or because the sidewalks and side streets aren't all plowed, but our neighborhood is all clear.)  What do other nannies and employers think?[/quote]

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