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[quote=Anonymous]Our nanny hasn't been to our house in two weeks per our request. We told her that, of course, we would be pay her for that time. It was a difficult decision for us to make, but we wanted to do the right thing to try and flatten the curve.

My family is taking this very seriously and have been doing pretty extreme social distancing these two weeks. We have stayed at home and only gone outside on a handful of walks (we didn't see anyone on the walks) or hung out on our patio. We did an online grocery order last week and I already have another groceries delivery scheduled for mid-next week so it's plausible that we really may not have to be around anyone for a few more weeks.

Since childcare is considered essential, my husband and I discussed asking our nanny to start working again next week, but only if she had been also social distancing for the past two weeks. We understood the need for grocery store runs, but past that we were hoping she was laying low like us. Turns out she hasn't (definitely less than us, but also less than the recommended guidelines too). She also mentioned that her husband isn't as concerned about what's been going on in the world. Unfortunately for us, this means we don't feel comfortable having her start up again regardless of childcare being deemed an essential service and regardless of how much we need the help. I told her what we are and aren't comfortable with, but of course she's an adult and I can't tell her what to do in her spare time (even though all the medical experts are saying it!!).

Like so many other families, we've been struggling working from home and trying to care for our child. While I had felt very strongly about continuing to pay her since we've been with her for nearly a year, we like her, and we hope to start back up with her once this has all passed, I can't help but feel angry that her behavior and unwillingness to follow nationwide recommendations is making it so that she's forcing our decision (not to mention the larger anger that she's not helping the pandemic). Our contract doesn't have anything that remotely covers a situation like this so do I just suck it up and keep paying indefinitely for as long as our jobs are stable?[/quote]

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