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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]Long time nanny here.  The employer has the right to let me go for any reason at any time.  Will I be happy about it?  Probably not.  Will I act immature about it?  No.  I will act professionally and decent, probably even nice and understanding, depending on the circumstances.  I would expect employer to do the same if I decided to leave the position.  I have the same right as they do.

I've read through most of this thread and I don't see what was "back-stabbing".  Sorry, I have to be honest and call it as I see it.  She employed her for almost a year.  She found an immersion nanny in a language that is really hard to find.  She's making the choice for her children.  What is the problem?  Also, she gave her the rest of the week to work and earn pay, then severance for the next week.  That's two weeks' notice.  If that is their agreement, what is wrong with that?  I see that ideally it would be nice if she had the weekend to process it, but hey, this is the adult real world.  Sometimes you don't get a weekend to process the notice that you'll lose your job in 2 weeks.  It happens.  That is not the end of the world.

As far as her not working the rest of this week, I say if she has vacation/sick days due to her, then count them towards this week while she is taking off.  If not, don't.  In that case, [b]pay her the 2 weeks' severance minus the days she took off because she was upset. [/b] If you want to be really nice, pay her the 2 weeks whether she shows up this week of not, but you aren't obligated to.[/quote]

Notice this, OP. Even the nanny who's on your side says you should still pay her the severance (in this case, since she is not working Tuesday through Friday, you still owe her pay for Monday and next week since you had told her you'd pay her for it (6 days total).[/quote]

If she doesn't pay for the day(s) it took for the nanny to process, that's reprehensible.[/quote]

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