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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]I'd say the demand is "work tomorrow or don't get paid." Semantics, I suppose. [/quote]

And if working tomorrow means traveling in what could have been unsafe conditions, you've not really given her a choice have you? It was spend the night at work to ensure you are here tomorrow, don't get paid, or risk your life to get here. Anyone else asked to spend the night at work would get paid. [/quote]

You obviously have never met anyone who has had to pull an all-nighter at their job to make sure they met a deadline.  If they are on salary, they don't get extra to stay there.  [/quote]

+1.  Or a professional who has to fly out a day early for a work trip, without extra pay, because flights might be delayed by weather and the employee must be at an out of town meeting whether it is snowing or not.  Parents who invite a nanny to spend the night due to weather are doing it as a courtesy to the nanny, to make it easier for her to do the job she was hired to do.  I'm amazed by the things that some nannies think should entitle them to extra pay, and even more amazed that some parents seem to get coerced into indulging such nonsense.

Nannies, realize that very few professionals get paid for taking a bonus mental health day when it snows.  Those who are not expected to work from home (because the job is not conducive to that) generally have to make up the hours at some point because the lost work day puts them behind on deadlines or productivity quotas.  A true professional anticipates weather issues and other barriers to performance of the job she was hired to do and she works with her employer to eliminate those barriers (e.g., sleeping over or taking the subway or altering work hours) so she can work and EARN her pay.[/quote]

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