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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]IF your plans fall through, and IF you call her to work, and IF she is not available, then you can have her decide to use vacation.  If not, you pay her like normal.[/quote]

This. This is what it says in our contract, under "guaranteed hours:" "Family agrees that Nanny will receive the guaranteed base pay 52 weeks per year, even if Family chooses not to utilize Nanny’s services for some or all of any given week such as for Family vacations and holidays. Guaranteed hours assume you are available to work, and that we have cancelled that time. The family has never had to cancel a vacation, but it could happen. In this case, the nanny’s choices would be 1) come to work, 2) use paid time off, 3) take unpaid time off."

For a nanny who had been with us for a year or more, I might even bend this policy some and still give her the days even if we had to cancel our vacation.[/quote]

I'm an MB and I strongly disagree.  If I tell our nanny that we don't need her on next Thursday and Friday I assume she'll enjoy those bonus days and do something fun.  If my plans fall through and I'm now left w/ no coverage that sucks.  I will ask the nanny if she is still available for any portion of that time.  But if she is not I would not penalize her or hold it against her.  It's my problem to deal with, not hers.  I would treat her the same way I would want to be treated.  [/quote]

I'm the person with the above wording in the contract. Of course it would suck, and that is why I point out that it has never happened. However, if the nanny wants a guaranteed time to make expensive, non-refundable vacation plans, that's what her PTO is for. All of her 12 days of PTO is for her to schedule (we don't do an "our week"/"her week"), and like I said, for a long-term nanny, I might bend the policy. However, the point of guaranteed hours is that she's available to work. I could see your point if it happened every time I said we wouldn't need her, but I see it more as a courtesy to tell her in advance that we'll be away so she can make some plans, but it's not a huge perk like vacation.[/quote]

13.33 here.  I'm a nanny, and I make sure my contracts are worded the same way.  While I appreciate the advanced notice, my plans are always for things like a dental visit or extra time at the animal rescue, things that can either be rescheduled if I'm needed at work, or the non-profit never knew that I was planning to come in for extra hours.[/quote]

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