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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]Exactly. If a nanny expects exceptions to the norms of employment, she must make sure it is in the contract.

The default isn't that what the nanny wants is what the nanny gets. If it isn't spelled out, both parties are in a stalemate.
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+1.  If accrual is not specified in the contract and the parents thought it would apply by default but the nanny didn't, that doesn't mean the nanny gets to do whatever she wants.  That means there is no agreement as to that term and both nanny and parents must now negotiate how to handle the situation.

As an aside, why are so many nannies on here so crude and classless in their language?  Can't you make your point without sounding like a hot-headed fifteen year old from the trailer park?  [/quote]

It doesn't mean that the nanny gets to do whatever she wants. It does mean that she can use the vacation she negotiated as part of her contract, given no contingencies were put in place. It would be the same if a nanny failed to negotiate specific holidays she wants off, or guaranteed hours. The default is not whatever MB wants, but rather the bare minimum of what the contract implies. Nanny gets the holidays she negotiated, and nanny gets paid for hours worked unless otherwise agreed upon. There can be a discussion when an issue comes up, but typically a change to a contract requires the signature of both parties, and the party negotiating the change tends to be in a weaker negotiating position. Its usually the nanny, and MBs are fine with that, but here its MB. She wants to make an addition to the terms of the agreement, and she will probably have to COMPROMISE (ie. give something in return, not just pull new terms out the ass) with her nanny to get it done. [/quote]

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