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[quote=Anonymous]This is OP.  I spoke with the nanny about an hour ago and she told me she has frequent diarrhea, has been unable to eat anything, etc.  I think she's justified not coming to work today so I'm not going to make an issue out of anything for the moment.  If she had no absences (she's had one, unpaid) or lateness to date, I would just go ahead and pay her a sick day despite being under no obligation to do so under the contract (PTO starts accruing on Jan 1), but I'm not going to.  I'm not going to make a big deal out of it, just tell her I'm paying her for four days worked when I pay her on Friday.

As to PP who says I've been an idiot - I agree!  :oops:  I really liked her from the start and decided not to deduct her pay for tardiness as a show of goodwill, but I'm definitely not going to do this anymore.  I agree that it means no consequences for her.  Also, I don't have a set start time for work like she does and in hindsight, she is definitely abusing this.  She texted me about 15 minutes before her start time saying she was going to be a half hour late due to the apartment viewing running over (issue #2 in my original post).   If she knew I had to be at work at X time, I don't think she would have been so cavalier about running late.

And just to clarify, she hasn't taken any PTO.  Yes I've been dumb and paid her a few hours total for when she was late, but the one time she asked for a day off, I said it would have to be unpaid.  And I'm not going to let her take unpaid time off anymore, not for the next three months, anyway.  I get the sense that if I'm not firm on this, she will abuse this, too.  Anyway, lesson learned!  [/quote]

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