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[quote=Anonymous]Looking for advice. We hired our first nanny in January 2022. Since being employed with us, she has called out sick over 22 days. This is not counting her planned days off that we have provided PTO for, or paid holidays. We decided that we need more reliability, and have enrolled our child into preschool. Last Friday, we gave our nanny 2 week's notice, along with an offer to pay out her unused paid time off days (3) and one week of severance pay. In addition, we offered to be flexible around interviews if she needed to take some time off, and provided her a letter of recommendation to help serve as a positive reference for her.

Since we gave her notice, she came to work on Monday, took Tuesday off for an interview, and has now called in sick the last two days. We have no idea if she will come in tomorrow or not. Next week is incredibly stressful for us, as we have medical appointments that we need to be at. Given her lack of reliability this week (and honestly her entire employment with us), I am debating just firing her tomorrow if she does show up and plan for other childcare next week.

I want to fire her the next day that she comes in. I am so frustrated and feel like she abuses our flexibility and generosity. Do I tell her not to come in next week, and just give her the 1 week of severance and 3 days of unused PTO along with the days she worked this week? Would you feel obligated to honor the 2 week notice? Or would you renege on the severance and PTO payouts (neither are required in state of TN)?

I don't know what to do, but she is making it impossible for my husband and I to work, and I can't risk us losing our jobs over this. [/quote]

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