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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]there's no point in her having the "perk" of guaranteed hours if once there's a problem, you decide not to pay her for the day. then she doesn't have guaranteed hours at all. [/quote]

That is true. But there are two ways to do guaranteed hours. The usual way is that you have a set schedule every week and the nanny always gets paid for those hours.

However, if the nanny always has a flexible schedule (as in, her days/times change every week), then the "guarantee" is that they will never pay for less than "x" number of hours. If they can schedule them within the range of times she works, though, then they could move them around to accommodate a snow day.

Also, you know as well as I do that not everyone follows their contract. Sucks for the nanny, but there's no HR to appeal to. She can stay or go in those cases.[/quote]

I am the OP. I will pay her this time, I already said that.  In our contract, I stated that will pay for 24 hours a week if we are away and don't need her. I said nothing about the weather. I am myself a contractor and work PT from home PT out of the home, the schedule changes weekly. I don't get paid for the hours I don't work, so no guaranteed hours in my case. The nanny works based on my schedule and based on her needs. She wanted a long weekend and asked the Friday and Monday to be off, I accommodated her.  With the snow days today and tomorrow I am losing tons of time and will need to catch up, hence the idea of asking her to come in next week.

I don't understand the whole "nanny resentment" sentiment. Some people will resent anything and everything and I don't want them for a nanny.[/quote]
Perhaps your error here was not quite understanding the "guaranteed hours" concept. Sounds like your sitter has a very unusual situation that works for you both.[/quote]

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