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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]You need to think about this situation more. You have a nanny who lives 45+ minutes away, and who is not willing to get stuck at your house in bad weather. You also have a long winter ahead. Aside from the issue of whether to pay her or not when she doesn't want to come in when she anticipates weather might be bad but everything is open (I say absolutely not on the pay issue), you need to think about whether you can live with the number of absences likely to pile up.

Next time she comes in, you need to talk with her about her travel plans for winter driving. The occasional emergency or snow storm is one thing, but if she's not going to come in because the temperature may drop and the roads get icy sometime during her early morning or late evening drive ... you're going to be out a nanny a lot.

FWIW, this is one reason I only interviewed nannies who lived closer to us this time. Weather-related problems were a big issue with our last nanny who had to take a couple of freeways to get to us.[/quote]

I'll take snow over an icy road. I'm scared of ice, and have slipped on it twice, in an unsalted clients driveway.  Even if the nanny lives two streets away from you, and the roads are sheets of ice, possibly injuring myself isn't an option.  One paycheck won't cover my hospital bills.[/quote]

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