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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]I think so yes, but you better ask ASAP because backup childcare fills up fast on Veterans Day.[/quote]

+1 Your idea sounds perfectly resonable, but it may be too late. My employers are pulling the same crap with me, except we have a contract, they just left Veterans Day off the list of holidays even though we specifically negotiated all federal holidays. I'll be working Monday because I agreed to the contract like a sucker without checking to make sure all the federal holidays were listed. Its definitely leaving a bad taste in my mouth when we previously had a decent relationship. Get your agreement in writing, and double/triple/quadruple check it![/quote]

What do you mean "I agreed to the contract like a sucker without checking to make sure all the federal holidays were listed"? We are off federal holidays also at my company but Veterans Day we are not. Clearly the parents are also NOT off and thats why your are not either. Doesnt seem like that are taking you for a sucker or taking advantage in anyway. They probably worked off the list of days off their company gives to create yours. POOR YOU[/quote]

I'm in a share. One set of parents has the day off, the other does not. That is, however, neither here nor there. When we negotiated the contract, I specifically asked for federal holidays. That means holidays observed by the federal government, not "whatever holidays I get, is what the nanny gets". There is nothing wrong with giving the nanny holidays you get, in fact it makes perfect sense, but you should not agree to federal holidays if that is not what you receive. While discussing the contract, I asked for federal holidays and they agreed. I asked to trade Columbus Day for the day after Thanksgiving, and they agreed. They gave me a contract with the holidays listed, and like a sucker I agreed without double checking that the holidays matched what we had agreed to. I looked at it the other day and realized Veterans Day was not on the list. I brought it up, and they made it clear that the omission was not a typo, but intentional. I feel duped because that is not what we had agreed to prior to the contract, but they slipped that detail in without a word to me. No they technically did nothing wrong, because I foolishly signed the contract without really checking the details, and I will work on Monday because my word means something even if theirs doesn't. [/quote]

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