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[quote=Anonymous]OP, I would stick to your guns on this one, and change your contract next time around to reduce the number of paid sick days to two while making additional days deductible from other PTO or payable only at your discretion, e.g., in the event of major illness.

As for the poster who said that nannies are entitled to be treated differently from other professionals because the job is personal, that just doesn't resonate with me.  In my twenty plus years in the work force, I am certain that I have taken fewer than ten sick days.  And you better believe that I got questioned each time, in part because I currently work in a small office where people know each other personally and care, and in part because, in the various other offices I have worked in, it has always been unusual for anyone other than secretaries to take time off for sickness.  We come to work with colds and do our best.  For doctor's appointments, we schedule before work or take an hour or two off, not a full day.  And no, we don't get unused sick days paid out.

Sick leave and vacation leave are not the same thing.  The attitude you are seeing on this board is just another way that unprofessional individuals try to back door their way into an extraordinary amount of paid leave each year.  I am sure the best nannies out there are mortified that their peers feel entitled to use up every paid sick day made available to them.  Professionals in every field pride themselves on being reliable, and someone who calls in sick every time she has a cold, a hangover, or just feels entitled to a "mental health day" is not that.

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