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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]I'm an MB (not OP) who would be happy to pay for the class, do nannies feel they also should be paid for their time taking the class? That's a lot to swallow particularly if it made hours over 40 in the week and needed to be paid at an overtime rate... [/quote]

I almost responded earlier and then I had to reconsider my position. As a nanny, I could see either side of this.

Firstly, I think a professional nanny should already have this certification or should have signed up for a class on her own if it's expired. A nanny whose employer has to mandate this training is not especially concerned with the safety of her charges or her own reputation, and so I am a little suspicious of that to begin.

Secondly, I think (and have posted here) that any employer-mandated trainings should be paid for by the employer (likewise with employer-mandated vaccinations).

As for the time being spent in the class, I'm conflicted. My CPR/First Aid combo class was an entire Saturday and it feels unreasonable to ask someone to give up an entire day of their life without pay for something their boss wants done. In other fields, trainings are scheduled during regular working hours (paid) or paid as OT if on off-hours, and I struggle to see why a nanny shouldn't have her time respected in the same way. On the other hand, this is a basic skill s/he needs to have when caring for other people's children, so I understand why an employer would balk at paying OT for their nanny to take the class. I suppose with all of that laid out, I would land [i]just[/i] on the side of "no, she shouldn't be paid for that time" ONLY because I personally think she should have had the training before getting hired. If a nanny needed to be paid for those hours, however, I could appreciate her argument for that being fair (for example, if she normally takes other on-call or PT jobs during her off hours and will suffer a loss of income for having to give up a job for the class).[/quote]

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