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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]What do you do if your nanny is sick all the time. One week it’s a headache, the next stomach issues, then a runny nose. Everything “could be COVID” so she’s been getting tested and we’ve been paying her to wait for the (so far negative) results. She doesn’t think that rapid test is reliable so she’s been getting the full test, which kills the week. She just started in August and has missed 3 weeks since then for these false alarms and we gave her most of last week off for Thanksgiving. I want to be reasonable, but I can’t afford to keep paying her every time she has a sniffle or slight headache, and I’m worried it will get worse as winter goes on. Is it reasonable to ask her to wear a mask and continue to come in? (If she had a fever or lost sense of taste that would be different). But this is a huge financial burden for our family that we had not expected, and it’s not really making our lives easier the way we had hoped. We have 2 kids under 5 and are struggling with WFH. I also don’t understand how she is getting these random symptoms if she is being as cautious as she says. Do I cap her sick leave? My employer certainly isn’t going to pay me to take a week off + holidays every month.[/quote]

Get rid of her before the kids get attached to her.  There are two non-negotiables for a nanny:  reliability and ensures safety for the children.  The rest depends on a family's particular needs, but every family needs these.  As long as you are paying reasonably well, you just need to bite the bullet and get someone new.  And all PTO should be accrued before being paid out. Ask me how I know.[/quote]

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