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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]Hi,.  I'm sorry if this is a stupid question but we are trying to put together our package and trying to figure this out.

Regarding hours and vacations, we plan to offer 2 weeks her choosing, plus guaranteed hours.  Aside from holidays, she will likely have a 3 or 4 day weekend once a month because of work schedules and grandparents.   We also take 3 or 4 one week vacations.  Since we do not plan to have nanny do anything during those vacations, that's covered under guaranteed hours right?  Maybe I'm just overthinking something, but there doesn't seem to be a need to state "2 weeks your choosing, 1 week hours".  Just want to double check [/quote]

Sort of.

"Guaranteed hours" implies that she's available to work, but you just don't need her. So, if your trip to Grandma's is cancelled one weekend, she would be expected to come to work. "Vacation," whether her choice or yours, implies that she can make other plans and not be available to work no matter what happens to your plans.

So, it sounds like you are planning to provide guaranteed hours + 2 weeks vacation at her discretion + 1 week vacation at your discretion. That's a pretty generous benefit package for a first year, and will probably attract good applicants. Most people give 2 weeks total vacation + guaranteed hours, and not 3, though 3 isn't out of the range of ordinary, either.

Nannies (on this board especially) will argue that you "owe" it to your nanny to tell her about time off fairly far in advance, and that you can't make her come in if you cancel your plans at the last minute. My suggestion is to go over this in the hiring phase. My contract says the following about guaranteed hours, because I feel like I'm paying someone to stay available:

•	Family agrees that Nanny will receive the guaranteed base pay 52 weeks per year, even if Family chooses not to utilize Nanny’s services for some or all of any given week such as for Family vacations and holidays. Guaranteed hours assume you are available to work, and that we have canceled. We have never had to cancel a vacation, but it could happen! In this case, your choices would be 1) come to work, 2) use paid time off, 3) take unpaid time off.[/quote]

This is all correct except for the last paragraph.  Guaranteed hours means the nanny also guarantees to be available to work those hours.  I would never suggest it is ok to take unpaid time off.  [/quote]

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