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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]what is the right answer in this situation? Our kids are in school. We pay our nanny to work several hours before she picks them up, and she has chores like grocery shopping and laundry. The chores don’t always take up all of her agreed hours, but obviously we pay her anyway. One day, she had finished her chores and left the house in our car an hour before she had to get the kids. I texted her to ask her to do something at the house, and she said that she had gone out and she would do it when she got back with the kids.  I don’t know where she was,  but there would be no reason for her to be so far away that she couldn’t get back and do what I asked before picking up the kids at school about 10 minutes from the house (unless she was doing a personal errand).  I don’t mind if she goes out to grab lunch or whatever if she doesn’t have anything to do, but is it unfair of me to expect that she go back and do what I asked her to do when she is on the clock?[/quote]

Yes, it is unfair unless you have stipulated where you need her to be.  She could have used her free time to get her teeth cleaned or eyebrows done (thinking it was okay) and couldn’t run back to your house.

Tell your employee your expectations during her working hours.  Just be clear.  But under the circumstances you described, you are wrong to expect her to run back to your house the second you asked her to do so. [/quote]

If she needs to get her teeth cleaned, shouldn’t she put in for paid leave at that time? How could she make an appointment for a dental visit during her paid hours and not think she might have to work?[/quote]

I think PP was just using that as an example of a situation where the nanny couldn’t run home at OP’s will.  Since what the nanny can and cannot do when finished her chores has not been discussed, I think OP is wrong in expecting her to run back to the house for anything short of an emergency.  [/quote]

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