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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]+1 to 12:57. For that matter I actually normally lose some of my vacation days at work since I hold onto them in case one of my kids gets sick and I need to take off. Happily when they do not get sick I am then left with extra time but normally cannot take it all at year end. [/quote]

Well it seems like your paid time off compensation isn't great, but its probably offset by your salary or other benefits. I would hazard a guess that your nanny receives a fraction of what you do in salary, benefits, and time off. Can you blame her for wanting to be sure uses the little she does get, considering most nannies spend their days alone with preverbal children? Even the biggest kid lover in the world needs adult interaction and time to mentally recharge. Nannies work LONG days, at least an hour or 2 longer than the people who employ them, have no coworkers, and many are told when to take half of their vacation which may or may not allow her to vacation with other adults/family. When it comes down to it, most nannies have 5 vacation days of their own scheduling, and their sick time. Do you realistically expect that she use one of those precious vacation days for a needed mental health day, instead of the sick days (also compensation) that she will otherwise lose? I'm just trying to explain the other side of things here. Those days matter far more than you realize. [/quote]

Mental health days are vacation days.  If the nanny needs more than five of them, she needs to negotiate that rather than misuse sick days when she is not actually ill.[/quote]

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