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[quote=Anonymous]I am having a disagreement with the other Mom in our nanny share about paid vs. unpaid leave.  I feel like unpaid leave should be avoided if at all remotely possible as the nanny deserves a regular wage.  The other (new) Mom feels like it is acceptable for her to give 2 weeks unpaid leave.

I guarantee our nanny's hours and she is receiving a week of paid leave this summer.  She will also receive 1 week unpaid leave since that was discussed with the nanny before we hired her and is something she agreed to and knew about months in advance but that was with the understanding of NO OTHER unpaid leave. I honestly will probably increase her annual leave later in the year as long as I can get coverage for a week just because she's great and I want her to be happy.

I have strongly encouraged the other Mom to pay for at least 1 week as I said we couldn't leave the nanny hanging as that was NOT agreed to so someone will have to pay the nanny for the extra week off.

Well...guess what?  I'm paying for the extra week now and she said that she'll 'make it up somehow' to the nanny later in the year'.  She also feels like it is totally fair because the nanny earns 40 hours paid sick leave a year.

I don't live in Northern VA and the Mom's I've spoken to act like I pay an obscene amount of money and give ridiculous benefits (just sick leave, annual leave, paid holidays, and properly paid taxes) but compared to Northern VA, this is nothing! I try to be as generous as I'm able to but trying to find another family to work with who want to be even remotely as generous is ridiculously hard!

I think I'm going to end up paying more than just for 1 week....I'm going to keep looking for another family to join in the share and we'll take on this family for now as a little extra income for the nanny doesn't hurt and little less pay from me is nice too but there's a better family out there.....

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