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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]We're in the process of hiring a nanny. We offered guaranteed pay, plus 2 weeks vacation and some sick days. Nanny has a previous obligation and needs a day off. No problem. I made a reference to using a vacation day, and found out we have totally different ideas of what that means.

I thought guaranteed pay meant we'd pay for the full 40 hours/week, even if we used less by going on vacation, or coming home from work early, or something. If nanny wanted to take a day off, she used a vacation or sick day. When those were used up, any time she wanted to take off was unpaid.

Our nanny says in the past she's always been "salaried" - paid for 40 hours regardless of how much time she took off. Her vacation was time paid on top of those 40 hours. So, let's say she earned $100/day for an 8 hour day. Each week she was paid $500 no matter what. If she took a vacation day, she worked 4 days and was paid $600. So, her vacation days were just bonus money, not an actual limit on her paid days off.

So, am I totally misunderstanding this? [/quote]

She is wrong. More likely she is confused, lost in translation. No one has unlimited paid vacation or personal days, esp as a fulltime reliable childcare provider. keep track of these monetary "confusions", in a logbook.

Make it clear she had 10 personal days and whatever sick days. Personal obligation days use up a personal day, or she can take it unpaid. 
Many nannies also help find a sub if they have an apt they must take not on the weekend or first/last spot of the day. 
On payday, write out days used and days remaining. Has nothing to do with hourly or salaried. [/quote]

Nannies find a sub? No. The parents are respondinle for choosing their childcare providers. Plus, I am the only nanny I know, it's not like we all go into the office to chat it up. [/quote]

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