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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote]Anonymous wrote:
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After 7 years of employing nannies, here's what we do:

We give nanny the same federal holidays we get. It's not all of them. We also give day after Thanksgiving because we never work that day, though I prefer not to put it in the contract and instead give it as a "bonus day" closer to the holiday.

For vacation, we hive two weeks - one our choice, one hers. I do not allow ANY paid vacation during the first 60 days, though. Vacation can accrue but not be taken during that time. Our nanny accrues vacation, but the contract says she can take the time before it is accrued, provided that if she ends employment with a negative vacation balance it will be deducted from her final check.

Even "nice" nannies will sometimes try to play you for the vacation weeks - decide they're moving, returning to school, whatever, but take vacation before giving notice. If you go with accrue method, you can mostly avoid this.

Just curious, we are hiring in the next month or so, would you still require the time to accrue so close to the holidays?

Yes. You could choose to allow "going negative" on vacation balance with a contract provision like ours that requires repayment of any time taken in excess of accrual, or you could just do straight accrual and only pay for what's been accrued. But yes, I'm pretty hard nosed about it now because I really don't want to fund vacations for more than one nanny within a year, and you never know what will happen.

You are heartless. I can't imagine any MB refusing me vacation time during the holidays. PPs nanny won't have accrued more then a day and a half by Christmas. Please do not follow this advice. This is the advice of someone who is bitter and resentful from a past hurt. Sorry you had a bad nanny but you need to let go of the anger instead of taking it out on someone who has not earned it.[/quote]

Work on that reading comprehension. PP didn't refuse vacation time over the holidays. She said an employer can choose to go negative and allow vacation but with the caveat that she owes the money back if she leaves the position before she accrues out her negative balance.

This is common in the real world. I started a new job recently and will only accrue two days by the holidays, per company's accrual policy. Yes, that sucks that this year, I don't get time off, but that's life. That's what happens when you start a new job
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Yes, but the same way a good nanny will wash your dirty clothes and dishes, show up early every day to avoid being late, and stay late all to help you out - you should be flexible to help them out. I go above and beyond as a nanny in ways that just are not comparable to other jobs. I am happy to do those things because I enjoy the same consideration from my MB. Happy nannies do not pull the kind of b.s. You are talking about and they will make it worth your while to be a little more compassionate.[/quote]

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