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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]MB here.  6 months is ridiculous and I don't even know of any other job where you have a 6 month waiting period before taking vacation is allowed  3 months seems customary in the non nanny world but even then I think that is too long as a nanny.

DC's nanny started in April and she had a 2 week trial period where either party could end termination without issue.  Following that 2 week trial, she had a 4 week period where she couldn't take paid vacation days.  Sick or personal was fine (personal days could be taken on a day by day basis, any consecutive days had to be taken out of vacation day stock).

As for when she can take vacation...she has 2 weeks our choosing (because we go away for 2 full weeks throughout the year) and [b]what amounts to a week and a half of vacation of her choosing, 5 sick days, and 3 personal days.  Personal and sick days cannot be used for vacation. [/b] But she has guaranteed hours so the whole 2 weeks of our choosing doesn't really mean much other than the fact that she has very advanced notice of when she'll have time off.

I hope I explained this ok.  Allergies are killing me today and I'm in a bit of a brain fog.  [/quote]

You're shooting yourself in the foot with that deal. With most vacation time, nannies need to give a months notice. With sick days, they might only be required to give an hours notice. [/quote]

I expect OP is trying to avoid a situation where her nanny uses up all of her PTO on a vacation early in the year, and then is without any sick days when she gets the flu later on. The system is not without it's flaws (a nanny could easily lie and say she was very sick last minute when in reality she was on a vacation she booked a month prior) but I understand its intent.[/quote]

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