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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]You need to give her guaranteed hours. I also don't really understand how an accrual method works with a week she can't choose -- that also ties you to her accrual schedule.

I think it's fine to accrue vacation, but it's ridiculous that YOU used all of her PTO for her first six months of employment.[/quote]

Before we hired the nanny, the nanny and I told each other our imminent vacation plans, hers for the Wednesday & Friday of Thanksgiving week and mine for the last week of December.  We agreed that since it was so soon after her start date, that she would take those days off unpaid.  If we were bowled over by her those first couple months, I would have paid her that week in December and not count it as PTO, but as I said before, we had been dealing with a serious problem of her not coming to work on time (regular occurrences of 30 minutes plus late) and contemplating letting her go.  I know the holidays are an expensive time and offered her a choice for that week - take it unpaid (as agreed to) or paid but counting against PTO - but I would have been a fool to give it to her paid, no strings, since she would have equated our generosity with being very happy with her (which was not the case) and not feel motivated to shape up her act.  Looking back, I should have just left our original understanding intact and not paid her for that week.  Which makes me think I should let go of my idea of letting her take the vacay in February in exchange for babysitting.  I honestly am worse off by that arrangement and my past attempts to be kind to her have ended up biting me in the rear.  [/quote]

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