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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]I'm sorry that you're having a difficult time OP. That being said, it sounds like all of this is a problem of your own creation. You have a nanny to whom you awarded 2 weeks of vacation, and it seems like you used yours up without leaving enough to cover it. I'm sorry, but that really isn't her problem.

If there is nothing in her contract dictating the amount of notice required, or that her vacation must overlap with yours, you don't really have a leg to stand on. It would have been nice of her to heed your requests of consideration, but only you know what kind of relationship you have with her, and whether or not flexibility and consideration is something you show towards her. I know that I would not feel right doing this to an employer who is kind and flexible with me, while with others are cold and rigid I might not care so much.

If you have nothing in your contract to fall back on here, you can recognize that this really is your problem and figure out how to deal somehow, or you can make it her problem, refuse the request, and cross your fingers that this doesn't do irreparable damage to your working relationship.

I would suggest that, whatever happens, you take note of this situation and amend your future contracts to include an appropriate notice period for long vacation requests (Mine is 2 weeks for a one week request and 30 days for 2 weeks, so I don't think that is your main issue here) and if your leave situation is tight you may want to require one of her weeks to overlap yours (This may lose you some candidates in the future. I do not take jobs with this contingency.) Good luck![/quote]

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