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[quote=Anonymous]The way to ask for guaranteed hours is to bring forward the point that you need a predictable income. There are different ways to achieve this that involve compromise on both sides. We don't take more 2 weeks vacation a year so it wasn't an issue for us. I did include notice periods for both our week and our nanny's week so we could each plan to use this time. The notice period allows both parties to plan and to avoid gaming the system type situations. I know other nanny employers who guarantee a minimum number of hours that are less than the regular schedule. I know a few people who take 5 weeks of vacation in the summer and set their rates much lower because this much vacation time is a form of compensation. Approaching this from the position of I need to predict my income is far more reasonable than coming off like someone looking for loads of extra paid PTO.

On federal holidays, I would write out a list of the holidays that you want to take. It seems that too many people write in federal holidays but then later realize that their office doesn't follow the federal holiday. Nannies also tend to not realize that the day after Thanksgiving is not a federal holiday. Creating an annual contract that include the holidays and the dates they fall on is the easiest way to avoid confusion.

I've never heard of any reducing nanny pay by .5 for taking lunch. I think its reasonable for the nanny to have up to an hour of paid downtime a day but I do not agree with nannies that expect to do nothing for 3-4 hours of downtime. [/quote]

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