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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]OK, I also WAH, and part time, and I had a similar situation. Here are the solutions we chose:

1) 12 days paid time off per year, all her choice, to be used for any reason (vacation, sick days, personal days). She also gets guaranteed hours and 8 days of holidays, so plenty of other time off.
2) days accrue at 1 day per month; time off before they accrue is unpaid (I have let my long-term nanny go into deficit, but would not let a new one do so).
3) A conversation, wherein you say, first: "I appreciate that you are willing to work when you aren't feeling 100%. If you are too sick to work, though, you need to make that decision. If you come to work and tell me you don't feel well, I will offer sympathy and tea, but I am not going to make the decision to send you home. You are the only one who can make that decision for you."
4) Part 2: "When we hired you, you said that you rarely get sick, and so we didn't include separate sick days. In fact, you have taken x# of days over the last x# of months, which we have paid because we know sometimes people get sick, and they still have bills. However, we cannot cover an unlimited number of sick days. I would like to renegotiate your benefits package to include some designated sick time off. Beyond that, you will need to use vacation time is you have it or take it unpaid."
5) Part 3: "I know I am here all the time. That has advantages, like knowing that you can leave on time every night, and that I'm here for questions or in an emergency. It also means that we will probably never have to say 'no' to a request for a specific day off. However, we hired you with the expectation that M-F, 8-5, you would be in charge of childcare. If that schedule is turning out to not work for you, we need to talk about it. Otherwise, unless you tell me you're too sick to work, I need reliability."
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This is smart.[/quote]

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