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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]Our au pair takes it to mean 14 week days, because she is entitled to 14 days of vacation, and her usual schedule is weekdays only. So, by her calculation, she could be gone from Dec 1-20 and that would be her fourteen days, because only M-F days “count”.

Plus, she believes no holidays could possibly count as vacation days, and days parents have off also don’t count as vacation days.[/quote]

No way it's 14 working days. It's 45 hrs a week off. Period. That's why we never split vacation into days. Monday to Sunday off = one week of vacation. If au pair doesn't work weekends it makes the period to travel longer (Friday night or Saturday morning to next Sunday). I can't understand how she can think it's 14 working days. [/quote]

This is how we take it.
AP doesn't work weekends (except for emergencies) and is off Friday evening. The weekend is simply her weekend, not part of her vacation. Her vacation starts Monday morning and runs until Friday afternoon. Followed by her (regular) weekend off. We count that as 5 days. Not 7, not 9.

When previous APs discussed number of days (10 vs. 14) we told them that they were esentially getting 90 hours of vacation (two weeks, not 14 days). They work 45 hrs in week A (Mon-Fri), have week B off (Mon-Fri), work 45 hrs in week C (Mon-Fri). As our APs work a fixed schedule with weekends off (last AP worked two weekends) it's quite easy for the APs to understand how we calculate vacation days/hours.

We also do not count holidays as vacation days (if we don't need/want AP to work), neither do we count days we have off against her vacation if we don't schedule her. "days parents have off also don’t count as vacation days" is delusional though - just because I am not at work doesn't mean that I don't need AP to work. I was off work yesterday because I had three doctor's appointments in the morning. AP worked her regular schedule. 
AP is also scheduled for Christmas Eve (afternoon/evening - family dinner) and Christmas morning (until noon for presents and breakfast), I don't care what she does on Dec 26. She isn't scheduled because we will both be home, she is free to do as she pleases. If I wanted her around (or needed her to work) she would have been scheduled.

While our AP couldn't be gone from Dec 1-20 she could be gone from Dec 1-16 for all that I care (and from Dec 26 - Jan 1... she knows she isn't scheduled and if she wanted to go somewhere she'd be free to do so, as far as I know she will probably be around unless they come up with last minute plans though).

We see it as "we need her and she wants the day/week off" -> vacation, "we don't need her for a full week AND tell her in advance that this will be her vacation week" -> vacation, "wo don't need her and don't schedule her for one day" -> no vacation. Has worked well for us so far.[/quote]

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