If your contract specifies a 4 week notice period, then you are definitely entitled to pay for those 4 weeks. Anything above 4 weeks is fair game. To be honest, I don't think the extra weeks are anything to get riled up over, in and of themselves. It's a two-way street. Let's say the NF gives 6 weeks notice that they are letting the nanny go when the contract specifies only 4 weeks' notice. Nanny's new NF needs her to start at the 4 week mark because that is when new MB goes back to work. The nanny is between a rock and hard place; she wants to treat her old NF fairly by staying with them through 6 weeks, but wants to start off on the right foot with new NF by complying with their start date request. Let's say it's the reverse in OP's case and MB wants OP to stop working at 4 week mark because that is when the new nanny is available to start working. In either scenario, someone is going to be worse off and while that sucks, there's no avoiding it. Now if nanny is saying that the MB wants to move up her work day to BEFORE 4 weeks and doesn't want to pay her for the full 4weeks, that is a different story altogether.

FYI in my job and many others in the "corporate world", two weeks' notice is standard and if the employee gives more notice, it is considered perfectly acceptable for the employer to cut employee's remaining work time to two weeks OR to even less and provide severance for the remainder. There are valid reasons for not wanting to keep an employee once he has given notice.

Parents who screw the nanny like this are bad people.
Shame, shame, shame on them.

Anonymous wrote:Yeah this is why as a nanny you never I've more than 2wks notice. Parents will ALWAYS f*** you over. I've been with my family for 11 years, so I'll give them a months notice, but that's because I know they aren't jerks and would never do this to me!! So sorry you're going through this.

You just contradicted yourself.

You are at will employee and as such, you do not owe them any notice, just as they owe you no notice. If It is in your contract then I would take them to Small Claims Court. If nothing else, it will cause them inconvenience.

OP while you did the right thing by giving plenty of notice, realistically I am not sure how you can recoup what you are owed.

Even with a nanny contract in hand, I don't think a court of law will award you what you deserve.

You can try, but this actually happens quite often.

Same story:
Nanny gives reasonable notice, parents find a new nanny then let old nanny go.
Due to anger or fear of being left high + dry, they just tell nanny it is her last day.

A definite con to the nanny profession in my opinion.

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Anonymous wrote:What was the agreed upon notice period? Although it would be nice for your employer to keep you through the end of August, they can let you go with your originally agreed upon amount of notice as well.

This is exactly how your typical nanny employers express their gratitude for giving your 'all' to their child.

Nannies, beware. So unfortunate, but very typical. Happy to say, however, their are a few parent gems out there who will treat you like gold for taking excellent care of their child. They'll shower you with never-ending gratitude, plus any perks they can afford. They understand the enormous value of your work.

Sorry, I thought the OP was asking for the actual answer to her question.

It's a discussion board, ms nasty.

Nah, nasty is whining about the factual answer to the OP's question. Here's a thought. Make sure you are satisfied with the notice requirement in the contract. It's a bit much, all the angst, about parents actually keeping to the contract. Look, extra notice is nice on both sides. But I'd never think badly of a nanny, knowing her job was ending, who stuck with her minimal notice in order to get another job. Similarly, if you quit, it's a bit much to expect the parents to pass on another good candidate because you gave extra notice.

Agree that naive nannies need better education to protect themselves, hence the Essential Procedures thread.

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Anonymous wrote:What was the agreed upon notice period? Although it would be nice for your employer to keep you through the end of August, they can let you go with your originally agreed upon amount of notice as well.

This is exactly how your typical nanny employers express their gratitude for giving your 'all' to their child.

Nannies, beware. So unfortunate, but very typical. Happy to say, however, their are a few parent gems out there who will treat you like gold for taking excellent care of their child. They'll shower you with never-ending gratitude, plus any perks they can afford. They understand the enormous value of your work.

Sorry, I thought the OP was asking for the actual answer to her question.

It's a discussion board, ms nasty.

Nah, nasty is whining about the factual answer to the OP's question. Here's a thought. Make sure you are satisfied with the notice requirement in the contract. It's a bit much, all the angst, about parents actually keeping to the contract. Look, extra notice is nice on both sides. But I'd never think badly of a nanny, knowing her job was ending, who stuck with her minimal notice in order to get another job. Similarly, if you quit, it's a bit much to expect the parents to pass on another good candidate because you gave extra notice.

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Anonymous wrote:What was the agreed upon notice period? Although it would be nice for your employer to keep you through the end of August, they can let you go with your originally agreed upon amount of notice as well.

This is exactly how your typical nanny employers express their gratitude for giving your 'all' to their child.

Nannies, beware. So unfortunate, but very typical. Happy to say, however, their are a few parent gems out there who will treat you like gold for taking excellent care of their child. They'll shower you with never-ending gratitude, plus any perks they can afford. They understand the enormous value of your work.

Sorry, I thought the OP was asking for the actual answer to her question.

It's a discussion board, ms nasty.

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Anonymous wrote:Yeah this is why as a nanny you never I've more than 2wks notice. Parents will ALWAYS f*** you over.

Sad, but true!

+1,000,000