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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]If she is willing to come to work and you ask her to take time off you need to pay her and not take the time you requested away from her PTO. I know it sucks but again you are requesting she take time off, she is not asking for that time off.[/quote]

[b]But you are setting up the precedent that whenever she takes a three-day weekend, she gets additional time off for quarantine[/b]. Hint: the nanny that is flying and staying in a hotel with friends is not going to quarantine, she’s going to go to the gym and dine in restaurants.

So you’ve got to decide whether you are OK with that.

FWIW, I was in a similar position and decided I was just stuck with her. The alternative is quitting your job and taking care of your own kids. The nanny is an employee. She doesn’t love your family. She might “care” that your family is high risk, but not really. Look what she’s willing to tell you she’s doing.

I figured nanny hasn’t given us Covid yet, but it’s definitely a risk and I’m not happy about it.

Cue a bunch of MBs and the “bubble” they have with their nanny. These women are delusional if they think their nanny is only seeing YOU a year into this.[/quote]

OP here.

Yes, this will be the third time that our nanny has taken such a trip since November. I've been giving her paid time off, but this is difficult and expensive for me to manage. I have an intense work schedule and it's hard for me to take a week or so off to accommodate her traveling.

Making things harder, the nanny gives me little notice -- ranging from just one day to a week. I've told her before to give me at least a few weeks of notice but she doesn't do it.

I'm starting to feel like the nanny is taking advantage of me.
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Well, yes, she know that if she takes PTO, you’ll give her even more PTO. Who wouldn’t want that??[/quote]

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