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[quote=Anonymous]To answer your question, I think you are being unfair to your nanny by attempting to manipulate her guaranteed hours (whether it’s intentional or not doesn’t matter)— especially for the nature of the job you need this person for, which already doesn’t sound ideal for most Nannies. Paid bank holidays off really should be offered without banking the hours unless you are a health care professional who has to work on those holidays to which case you pay your nanny time and half if you require her to work on you work— if you offer this, it should be all the bank holidays (OPM gives good guidance) and not cherry pick them because then where exactly is the benefit for your nanny.

Also, guaranteed hours are offered to cover any scheduled time nanny is available to work but doesn’t/cannot either per your request (family visits/vacations/doctors appt/family contagious illness eg Covid etc) or inclement weather/public emergency.

What you are attempting to do, regardless of how you word it, would be  considered banking hours and that is not fair on your nanny especially if you require her reliability. If she was not to work those holidays, she would not be paid unless she agreed to make up/exchange/whatever you’d like to call it those hours for the following week. As someone said above, you can’t expect her call up a random family one week to work for them in order got her to maintain her salary weekly.

What I have noticed is that some parents know exactly what banking hours would mean for their nanny (financially & in terms of stability) but they attempt to call it different terms to lessen the punch in order to sneak their way out of paying guaranteed hours without banking the hours. If you really take time to think about what you are doing (honestly), you will realize that it’s actually insulting to your nanny (to attempt to cheat her out of guaranteed hours but word/package it differently). If you bank guaranteed hours (ask your nanny to provide the paid hours at a different time) they are no longer guaranteed hours— you are in fact manipulating the hours to fit your needs at the expense of your nanny’s personal work/life balance and livelihood.

No matter how you look at it, word it or try to repackage it, it is banking hours and not only is it illegal, it is inconsiderate to do to someone reliable who will be caring for your children.

Reliability is required from both parties in order to have s successful nanny/parent relationship snd arrangement that ultimately benefits you and your children in the long run in addition to your nanny.

If you want to secure someone naive, inexperienced, young and possibly unreliable, them go ahead with the arrangement you proposed. But be prepared that this person will likely eventually discover that they have been tricked and are getting the short end of the stick and they will leave —and this is how parents start complaining that within 1-3 years of having 2-3 children under 5 yrs, they have been through 3, 4, 5 , 6, 7, 8 bad nannies/bad experiences/people who don’t want to commit/unreliable etc  no one wants to be short changed for their hard work including you.

My suggestion to parents who want s reliable and responsible nanny to care for your children and want a good relationship with her, is to think thoroughly about what you propose especially if it has to do with finances & her job. First place yourself in her shoes and ask yourself how that would sound like to you- if you do it honestly, you’ll get your answer.

Also, if you are offering a part time job that is already hard for most people to commit to, you want to add things that make it attractive and encouraging for your nanny to stay with you and not try to chip away & short change….unless again, you don’t mind going through multiple transitions every few months- a year (not the best for children). Ask around for ideas from Nannie’s in your area- specifically those who’ve worked similar part time job, maybe they can share benefits/incentives that helped them commit to the job.[/quote]

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