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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]IF your plans fall through, and IF you call her to work, and IF she is not available, then you can have her decide to use vacation.  If not, you pay her like normal.[/quote]

This. This is what it says in our contract, under "guaranteed hours:" "Family agrees that Nanny will receive the guaranteed base pay 52 weeks per year, even if Family chooses not to utilize Nanny’s services for some or all of any given week such as for Family vacations and holidays. Guaranteed hours assume you are available to work, and that we have cancelled that time. The family has never had to cancel a vacation, but it could happen. In this case, the nanny’s choices would be 1) come to work, 2) use paid time off, 3) take unpaid time off."

For a nanny who had been with us for a year or more, I might even bend this policy some and still give her the days even if we had to cancel our vacation.[/quote]

I'm an MB and I strongly disagree.  If I tell our nanny that we don't need her on next Thursday and Friday I assume she'll enjoy those bonus days and do something fun.  If my plans fall through and I'm now left w/ no coverage that sucks.  I will ask the nanny if she is still available for any portion of that time.  But if she is not I would not penalize her or hold it against her.  It's my problem to deal with, not hers.  I would treat her the same way I would want to be treated.  [/quote]
This is why I tell my nanny only a day or two beforehand for a long weekend off once things are set since if I have to get into work and my plans fell thru I would need coverage. [/quote]

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