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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]Agree with PP - firing for cause happens immediately after an incident or prior to the next working day. You don't get to say "well, the nanny left Jimmy by the pool unattended last week and now we've decided to fire her for cause" when she's continued working for you in the meantime. If your friend has had her nanny working since the incident/"cause" she should pay the full severance. [/quote]

I fired for cause - my nanny was consistently late.  I reminded her of work hours and expectations.  She continued to be late.  I got my ducks in a row with temporary care and fired her.  It does not need to happen on the next working day.  (But since she was consistently late - it would not have been tough for it to be)[/quote]

That is a situation in which a non immediate termination makes sense, as she did not endanger the safety of your children. However if the situation for cause is truly similar to that of the earlier pp, it doesn't make sense that you would still allow her to watch your children. Either it happened or it didn't, either it was serious enough to warrant termination or not, either she can no longer be trusted or not. The fact that she wasn't fired immediately brings into question if the situation happened as the parent claims it did, and if they are embellishing or fabricating the incident to get out of severance/unemployment. If there is a dispute down the road, the burden of proof that she was fired for cause will fall on the employer and her case would be questionable at best. [/quote]

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