Anonymous wrote:I worked Christmas, Thanksgiving and New Year's Day this year. If the family needs care, they need care.

Nannies often charge time and a half, or more, for major holidays. NYE pays the most.

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Anonymous wrote:I worked Christmas, Thanksgiving and New Year's Day this year. If the family needs care, they need care.

That wasn't my question. However, if the holiday's you mentioned above are not "paid holiday's" for you, then yes, you work. If they are paid holiday's for you, which should be in your contract, then you are not obligated to work on those days.

Why all the apostrophes? You don’t need any apostrophes in “holidays.” It’s plural, not possessive.

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Anonymous wrote:Because the vast majority of parents who hire nannies want to be with their children whenever they can.

Yes! If you have a day off, why would you not want to spend it with your kids? And if you hardly work or don’t work at all, why even have a nanny? I have felt so bad for some of the parents I’ve worked for because they hate leaving their kids every day. They would be so happy when they had a day off, too!

Some parents need time to do things without kids in tow... They have doctor and dentist appointments, go to the gym, see a lawyer, etc. It’s not also appropriate or a good idea to take kids to everything.

+1. To the PPs above, way to shame parents. There are about 1000 things on my to-do list that I unfortunately can’t take kids to. A day off with childcare would be a welcome opportunity, and not because I don’t love my children

I'm the one with the part time, seasonal job. Yesterday, I volunteered at my two oldest children's school for the morning, and had lunch with them. My nanny took the 4 year old to preschool, and then went to a gym class with the 3 year old. Then they picked up the 4 year old and came home for quiet time. Then, I came home and did our taxes. The nanny went to pick up the older ones while I played with the little ones. Then I started dinner while the nanny hung out with all four for a little while. Then she went home, and we had family time the rest of the evening.

Every day is different, but having a nanny means I always have dedicated time available to work when I am working, and when I'm not, I can do any variety of things for the kids or myself without some huge logistical difficulty.

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Anonymous wrote:Because the vast majority of parents who hire nannies want to be with their children whenever they can.

Yes! If you have a day off, why would you not want to spend it with your kids? And if you hardly work or don’t work at all, why even have a nanny? I have felt so bad for some of the parents I’ve worked for because they hate leaving their kids every day. They would be so happy when they had a day off, too!

Some parents need time to do things without kids in tow... They have doctor and dentist appointments, go to the gym, see a lawyer, etc. It’s not also appropriate or a good idea to take kids to everything.

+1. To the PPs above, way to shame parents. There are about 1000 things on my to-do list that I unfortunately can’t take kids to. A day off with childcare would be a welcome opportunity, and not because I don’t love my children

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Anonymous wrote:Because the vast majority of parents who hire nannies want to be with their children whenever they can.

Yes! If you have a day off, why would you not want to spend it with your kids? And if you hardly work or don’t work at all, why even have a nanny? I have felt so bad for some of the parents I’ve worked for because they hate leaving their kids every day. They would be so happy when they had a day off, too!

Some parents need time to do things without kids in tow... They have doctor and dentist appointments, go to the gym, see a lawyer, etc. It’s not also appropriate or a good idea to take kids to everything.

Anonymous wrote:Because the vast majority of parents who hire nannies want to be with their children whenever they can.

Yes! If you have a day off, why would you not want to spend it with your kids? And if you hardly work or don’t work at all, why even have a nanny? I have felt so bad for some of the parents I’ve worked for because they hate leaving their kids every day. They would be so happy when they had a day off, too!

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Anonymous wrote:Why is this always so complicated?
You know your own holidays at work. Companies give out a holiday schedule every year.
You give your nanny those holidays off.
Give her the schedule you get from work at the beginning of the year.
Simple, not rocket science

If you get the Monday after Christmas off, so does nanny.

Um, no. I'm off every day. I work part time and only seasonally. So, by your logic, I shouldn't have a nanny at all. Every job has different perks. My nanny gets some my DH does not (like a guaranteed start and end time, and no possibility of being called in nights or weekends), but he does get a lot more paid days off than she does, and we use some of those to do things together or do other tasks while she is with the kids.

+ 1000. Why do I always see comments like if you get the day off so should your nanny!?? you are hiring a nanny for a specific service how does that at all correlate to what days off you the employer may or may not have?

Because the vast majority of parents who hire nannies want to be with their children whenever they can. But you are right - it certainly doesn't have to correlate. I work in a hospital and get no set holidays off but I still give our nanny all federal holidays off and paid, of course, so it works both ways.

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Anonymous wrote:Why is this always so complicated?
You know your own holidays at work. Companies give out a holiday schedule every year.
You give your nanny those holidays off.
Give her the schedule you get from work at the beginning of the year.
Simple, not rocket science

If you get the Monday after Christmas off, so does nanny.

Um, no. I'm off every day. I work part time and only seasonally. So, by your logic, I shouldn't have a nanny at all. Every job has different perks. My nanny gets some my DH does not (like a guaranteed start and end time, and no possibility of being called in nights or weekends), but he does get a lot more paid days off than she does, and we use some of those to do things together or do other tasks while she is with the kids.

+ 1000. Why do I always see comments like if you get the day off so should your nanny!?? you are hiring a nanny for a specific service how does that at all correlate to what days off you the employer may or may not have?

Anonymous wrote:Why is this always so complicated?
You know your own holidays at work. Companies give out a holiday schedule every year.
You give your nanny those holidays off.
Give her the schedule you get from work at the beginning of the year.
Simple, not rocket science

If you get the Monday after Christmas off, so does nanny.

Um, no. I'm off every day. I work part time and only seasonally. So, by your logic, I shouldn't have a nanny at all. Every job has different perks. My nanny gets some my DH does not (like a guaranteed start and end time, and no possibility of being called in nights or weekends), but he does get a lot more paid days off than she does, and we use some of those to do things together or do other tasks while she is with the kids.

Why is this always so complicated?
You know your own holidays at work. Companies give out a holiday schedule every year.
You give your nanny those holidays off.
Give her the schedule you get from work at the beginning of the year.
Simple, not rocket science

If you get the Monday after Christmas off, so does nanny.

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Anonymous wrote:Our nanny gets federal holidays off - which means any that when the federal government recognizes the holiday - that's what she gets off. If the gov't gives a Monday due to a holiday falling on a weekend (and if I have off) then the nanny gets it also.

If you structure it by federal holidays then there really isn't a decision to make.

+1. If you get federal holidays off, you only get a weekday vacation when the federal government observes a holiday for which you are eligible on a weekday. For instance, in 2018, Veteran’s Day is on a Sunday, and the holiday is observed the following day. If Veteran’s Day is one of your eligible holidays, you would have off that Monday.

Except not everyone has off federal holidays. My husband's company does not give all holidays, including days like Veteran's Day.

Exactly. Hence the "IF".