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[quote=Anonymous]OP guaranteed hours are a great benefit as many nannies don't budget or save enough to get through a week or two without their paycheck. I fully agree that guaranteed hours are a benefit not an entitlement which the nanny should negotiate up front. I also think its fair for employers who are planning on taking lots of time when they will not need the nanny and don't plan to pay her to be upfront about this so she can budget for the unpaid time.

One thing to watch out for would be your nanny trying to game the guaranteed hours. Some nannies are terrible about this and will intentionally wait as long as possible to schedule their time off to make sure they didn't lose out on an opportunity to get an extra week or two of PTO if you wanted to go away during those weeks anyway. If she knows that you need to take another 10 days off in the next few months, she may be gaming that her request doesn't line up with time you would take anyway. Make sure that your nanny is not carrying an assumption that she can just keep rolling over unused vacation and then suddenly announce that she is planning on taking off a month to travel to her home country.

You should let her know that she needs to schedule and commit to her week now or lose the time off. There also is nothing wrong with having her work on days that you have off in excess of her negotiated vacation. Its reasonable for nannies to negotiate for guaranteed hours but they do themselves a big disservice expecting this means extra time off whenever a parent if off. [/quote]

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