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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous] That is awful.  Yes, red flag, two strikes and one to go. Part of being a nanny is RELIABLE CHILDCARE.

This is a communication problem on her part - telling your boss at the last minute (i.e. when you are supposed to show up) that you are "sick" is poor form, disrespectful and disruptive. 
If she feels strongly about taking federal or school days off, off she has to notify you weeks in advance so you can get backup. Not uses a sick day. And if she has no sick days and needs to be home, it will have to be unpaid.

Tell her you are disappointed and refer her to her contract of Holidays off.  And reiterate that sick days are for being sick, not deciding to stay home. Regardless of what you or your husband do with your time - have to be in office, work from home, are taking a sick day yourself or have off.   Then say you expect this not to continue happening and let's move on for next week. [/quote]

I guess I should also say that both times she's said she's sick and has given me detail about what's wrong so I don't know for sure it's just because she doesn't want to come in, but the timing is awfully suspicious. On Monday she said she had a cold and didn't want to get our baby sick. This morning she said she threw up. So of course I'll never know if it's true and if it is then of course I'm happy that she's not around my son (though she did seem OK during the rest of the week even if she said she wasn't feeling 100% better). But if she is lying, then the whole convoluted story of what's wrong is then even worse.

I guess we'll never know and will just keep an eye on things. Like I said, President's Day will be the next big test. After that, we may need to make some tough decisions. [/quote]

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