Anonymous wrote:Op here. I wasn't sure if I wanted to post this but I might as well.
Turns out my NF isn't able to afford to keep me. Even if I claimed as self employed. My heart is completely broken as well as my MB's. We have had many heart to hearts. SHE has assured me over and over that I will continue to remain in the children's lives and will always be apart of the family. This is reassuring. I do believe her completely and have confidence that she isn't just saying this to make the situation easier on me.
It may seem weird that I am so sad, mad and disappointed about this but these kids are so very very special to my heart and I truly love them.

Back to the job hunt. I really am dreading a new job.

Good luck with the job search. I suspected this might happen. They probably realized it was in no one's interest to keep paying you illegally, but they were probably also at the limits of their budget or they would have done it legally from the get-go.

Sorry OP, it's something I'm always afraid of as well. If it makes you feel any better, I had to leave a family that I absolutely loved and had worked for for over 3 years. Like you I was dreading my new job since I wanted to stay with the other family. However, I stuck it out and after only a month or so I became very close to my new charges. Eventually that didn't work out because of the parents and I had to leave. I was again so sad (this time knowing I had slim to none chances staying involved in the kids lives) and was met with a very shy and timid new charge which didn't help much. However, now I have a fantastic relationship with my current charge and a good working relationship with the parents. We understand your pain and sadness but it will get better again! Good luck!

Thanks for the update and I am sorry it didn't work out the way you had hoped. Life is so dang expensive!

Op here. I wasn't sure if I wanted to post this but I might as well.
Turns out my NF isn't able to afford to keep me. Even if I claimed as self employed. My heart is completely broken as well as my MB's. We have had many heart to hearts. SHE has assured me over and over that I will continue to remain in the children's lives and will always be apart of the family. This is reassuring. I do believe her completely and have confidence that she isn't just saying this to make the situation easier on me.
It may seem weird that I am so sad, mad and disappointed about this but these kids are so very very special to my heart and I truly love them.

Back to the job hunt. I really am dreading a new job.

Any update, OP?

OP, what province are you in?

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:To the MB from Canada
OP here
Do you know anything about if my employers would need to pay me for stat holidays even if I'm not needed or scheduled on a stat?

Hi - I think it depends on if you are a salaried or hourly employee. If you are paid by the hour, to be paid a stat hol I think you would need to be normally scheduled to work that day and have worked your usual work days before and after the holiday (i.e. not been on vacation). If you are salaried it might be different, it may even be possible if a stat hol falls on a day you don't usually work they have to give you a different day off instead. But I am not an expert, I think the best thing is to google it / look on the goverment's website.

I'm not a MB but I believe nannies can't legally be salaried.

OP unless you have guarenteed hours they don't legally have to pay you for holidays although it is standard.

You're talking US laws. Unless you're Canadian, best not spread misinformation.

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:To the MB from Canada
OP here
Do you know anything about if my employers would need to pay me for stat holidays even if I'm not needed or scheduled on a stat?

Hi - I think it depends on if you are a salaried or hourly employee. If you are paid by the hour, to be paid a stat hol I think you would need to be normally scheduled to work that day and have worked your usual work days before and after the holiday (i.e. not been on vacation). If you are salaried it might be different, it may even be possible if a stat hol falls on a day you don't usually work they have to give you a different day off instead. But I am not an expert, I think the best thing is to google it / look on the goverment's website.

I'm not a MB but I believe nannies can't legally be salaried.

OP unless you have guarenteed hours they don't legally have to pay you for holidays although it is standard.

From a Canadian Nanny,

Here's some info:
To be eligible for statutory holiday pay an employee must have:

been employed for 30 calendar days before the statutory holiday; and
worked or earned wages on 15 of the 30 days before the statutory holiday.

http://www.cfib-fcei.ca/english/article/2993-everything-you-need-to-know-about-statutory-holidays.html

Anonymous wrote:To the MB from Canada
OP here
Do you know anything about if my employers would need to pay me for stat holidays even if I'm not needed or scheduled on a stat?

Hi - I think it depends on if you are a salaried or hourly employee. If you are paid by the hour, to be paid a stat hol I think you would need to be normally scheduled to work that day and have worked your usual work days before and after the holiday (i.e. not been on vacation). If you are salaried it might be different, it may even be possible if a stat hol falls on a day you don't usually work they have to give you a different day off instead. But I am not an expert, I think the best thing is to google it / look on the goverment's website.

To the MB from Canada
OP here
Do you know anything about if my employers would need to pay me for stat holidays even if I'm not needed or scheduled on a stat?

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Anonymous wrote:MB here. Firstly, maybe she's just exploring her options. Hopefully everyone on the board where she posted the messages will tell her she's nuts and totally unfair to you. Secondly, I hate when people claim their nanny or housekeeper is like a member of their family. No they're not. You don't pay members of your family to watch your children.

I agree with this. I'm a MB, and I would want to be clear in my own head about what I could offer before I talked to you. If this is new information to her, she may need to do the research, check her budget, and figure out if she can afford it. I wouldn't want to respond emotionally to you, and I would want to be able to be straight with you about what we could manage. I would also be asking about daycare, since I would be worried you would quit on the spot if I couldn't make it work.

All that may be true, and are completely valid reasons for taking your time, but it still means that OP should probably have a plan B too. If her MB realizes OP is right, and that it isn't in their budget to make happen, she has already began the daycare search and for whatever reason, good or bad, OP may be out of a job soon.

Anonymous wrote:MB here. Firstly, maybe she's just exploring her options. Hopefully everyone on the board where she posted the messages will tell her she's nuts and totally unfair to you. Secondly, I hate when people claim their nanny or housekeeper is like a member of their family. No they're not. You don't pay members of your family to watch your children.

I agree with this. I'm a MB, and I would want to be clear in my own head about what I could offer before I talked to you. If this is new information to her, she may need to do the research, check her budget, and figure out if she can afford it. I wouldn't want to respond emotionally to you, and I would want to be able to be straight with you about what we could manage. I would also be asking about daycare, since I would be worried you would quit on the spot if I couldn't make it work.