Most companies in bad weather offer their employees the option to work from home or to make u the hours within the same pay period so they dont have to use pto.

Well, honestly, you have a fine offer and shouldn't be complaining. Most of us have to use PTO when we decide to opt out of work due to bad weather.

Yes 5 days in addition to 2 weeks

The bad-weather day thing needs to be clarified, but I don't think it's entirely out of bounds. I think the clarification needs to be under which circumstances the nanny can unilaterally decide the weather is too bad for her to drive, and thus call out with no notice, when the parents might disagree. For example, schools are closed, but Feds are on a two-hour delay. Or, everything in the world is open except the federal gov't and the schools, and bosses have to go to work.

A clarifying question.

You have 5 days PTO in addition to vacation time?

Thanks for all of your replies. I haven't signed anything yet because I wasn't comfortable with it. I showed it to my soon to be old employers and they thought it looked great. It didn't seem right to me. I'll send them an email.

Their requests are not the norm, its as though they read DCUM and included every cheat they could think of! Try to strike a better balance. I would not use my PTO for bad weather days unless they wanted to double the PTO. Are neither of them federal employees? If they will still have to work then paying out the unused PTO is a fair compromise.

Ask for three months notice for vacations. If you have to find deals in order to make travel affordable then you'll need the lead time to price shop. I have never agreed to parallel vacations! In fact, I can't afford to travel during the holidays so I would not agree to it either. Instead, I submit my vacation dates at the interview so they have plenty of time to prepare.

Their approach is worrisome in general, though, even if you can get them to be more reasonable in the contract. They don't sound like they care much about their employee's happiness and well-being.

I don't think you should be penalized for bad weather days, those should be paid out not deducted from the pto you earn!

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Anonymous wrote:I would counter with a request that this time be equal to your weekly hours. I'd also want to make sure the contract was explicit with regard to how many weeks of vacation the family will take and how much notice they must give you. I'd want to make sure that if the family decided to take fewer vacations one year, that I wouldn't be cheated out of my vacation time. And the reverse as well, if they take extra vacation one year, outline that you will still get paid for that time, and what duties you are willing to do while they're away.

I might also consider asking that any unused PTO hours roll over year to year, and that they get paid out when you leave the position. This way there's some benefit to not being in control of your vacation time for the duration of this job. These are riskier requests though IMO, so think it through carefully.

Do you honestly think there's any point to all that with such people? In my experience, highly unlikely.

Pp here. My mom's a teacher, so she never had much choice about when we took vacations growing up. There are plenty of other careers that have a busy season and may only offer small windows of when vacation time would be feasible. So I can understand why a family in this position might offer a bit less vacation flexibility to their nanny. As long as the contract is explicit and fair, I think it could work. But if this is a deal breaker for op, then by all means she should walk. But she came here asking for advice so I gave it.

Anonymous wrote:I would counter with a request that this time be equal to your weekly hours. I'd also want to make sure the contract was explicit with regard to how many weeks of vacation the family will take and how much notice they must give you. I'd want to make sure that if the family decided to take fewer vacations one year, that I wouldn't be cheated out of my vacation time. And the reverse as well, if they take extra vacation one year, outline that you will still get paid for that time, and what duties you are willing to do while they're away.

I might also consider asking that any unused PTO hours roll over year to year, and that they get paid out when you leave the position. This way there's some benefit to not being in control of your vacation time for the duration of this job. These are riskier requests though IMO, so think it through carefully.

They have already offered /covered the above. They won't roll over. I will have more than a months notice I will still get vacation even if they don't take theirs. I need to talk with them. I still would like one week to bey choice.

Anonymous wrote:I would counter with a request that this time be equal to your weekly hours. I'd also want to make sure the contract was explicit with regard to how many weeks of vacation the family will take and how much notice they must give you. I'd want to make sure that if the family decided to take fewer vacations one year, that I wouldn't be cheated out of my vacation time. And the reverse as well, if they take extra vacation one year, outline that you will still get paid for that time, and what duties you are willing to do while they're away.

I might also consider asking that any unused PTO hours roll over year to year, and that they get paid out when you leave the position. This way there's some benefit to not being in control of your vacation time for the duration of this job. These are riskier requests though IMO, so think it through carefully.

Do you honestly think there's any point to all that with such people? In my experience, highly unlikely.

I would counter with a request that this time be equal to your weekly hours. I'd also want to make sure the contract was explicit with regard to how many weeks of vacation the family will take and how much notice they must give you. I'd want to make sure that if the family decided to take fewer vacations one year, that I wouldn't be cheated out of my vacation time. And the reverse as well, if they take extra vacation one year, outline that you will still get paid for that time, and what duties you are willing to do while they're away.

I might also consider asking that any unused PTO hours roll over year to year, and that they get paid out when you leave the position. This way there's some benefit to not being in control of your vacation time for the duration of this job. These are riskier requests though IMO, so think it through carefully.

No, that's not typical. You have your red flags. Listen to your gut here, and move on.

Run.

I am currently negotiating a contract with a family. It says I will have 40 hours of pto. In the event of bad weather I am to use pto. All of my days are longer than 8 hours. Is this typical?

I am already iffy about this contract because it says my vacation has to be taken when they take theirs.

TIA for any advice