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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]Come on nannies, you can't have it both ways.  Guaranteed hours means you get paid to reserve those hours for your employers and are AVAILABLE to work during that time.  It doesn't mean that you get extra PTO every time your employer goes out of town.

If your employer wants you come in and sit around for 50 hours a week while they are gone, then they are within their right to ask you to do that.  [/quote]
That's perfectly fine, but should be made clear from the beginning, as that isn't the norm in my many years of nanny experience. My NF has never asked me to come in while they're traveling. They travel quite often, since their child is still in preschool.[/quote]

The argument for guaranteed hours is that the nanny is ready and available to work, so she should be paid when employers go out of town.   If the employer has work for the nanny to do that falls within their regular duties and work hours during this time, then why shouldn't the employer be able to ask the nanny to do this work while they are gone? If a nanny doesn't want to be available to their employers then honestly they shouldn't get paid during this time.  That's how it usually works with hourly employees.

Not all employers just give their nannies extra PTO when they travel. I've had both kinds of employers.  One family who gave me all of their travel time off so I got about 8 weeks of paid vacation of year.  Then others who required me to be around and/or gave me a list of things to do while they were gone.  While I loved the paid vacation, I was also fine with working while my employers were gone.

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