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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]Nanny here and I do think some of these answers are a bit snarky. Op is just asking for some advice and is justified in the Zika worry. You say you do not have a contract that specifies time off OP so yes you are going to have to do some negotiation here, now might be a good time to work on a nanny/employer agreement. Did your nanny give you enough notice?  You should go ahead and honor your nannies request for the time off and would be in your right to ask her to be tested for Zika when she returns. There is a good chance you could loose your nanny if you do not let her have the time off but just take this as a learning experience. Typically vacation pay is negotiated with nanny picking one week of her choice and the other week coordinated with the employer, this is not always the case but many do this.

Hope some of this help and congratulation on your soon to be new baby.[/quote]

How are these responses snarky? OP is calling 6.5 months pregnant "too close to delivery" for her nanny to go on vacation. She is not thinking clearly. If she's got tons of other help lined up for after the baby comes, then maybe that would be a better time, but I think most of us MBs know that it is just never the right time for your nanny to go on vacation. When you aren't a hormonal mess, though, you remember that your nanny is a person who wants a life outside your home, and you're thankful if she keeps her vacations within the guidelines listed in your work agreement and gives you lots of notice to make arrangements.

And she does have an agreement about vacation; she just didn't specify "blackout" dates having to do with her pregnancy. She is certainly within her rights to refuse these vacation requests, but I think everyone who has responded is saying that the nanny would have a legitimate reason to feel she was being unfair if she does so.[/quote]

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