Anonymous
03/02/2019 18:19
Subject: Contract clause prohibiting use of opiates, tranquilizers and similar during employment?
Funny how ignorant parents think they can just order any bimbo into being a decent nanny.
Hint: You can't.
Better: Find a responsible professional you can trust. Be prepared to pay accordingly.
Hint: You can't.
Better: Find a responsible professional you can trust. Be prepared to pay accordingly.
Anonymous
03/02/2019 15:21
Subject: Contract clause prohibiting use of opiates, tranquilizers and similar during employment?
This is the kind of thing that won't do any good. For example, everyone reasonable knows you can't come to work drunk or high. You don't need to explicitly state it because it's obvious - just like you wouldn't drive your car into the house instead of parking in the driveway. You wouldn't strap the child to the roof and drive home. You wouldn't have a barbecue in the kitchen. You wouldn't show up inebriated.
Someone who would do something totally wild like that wouldn't be deterred just because it's in a contract.
Someone who would do something totally wild like that wouldn't be deterred just because it's in a contract.
Anonymous
02/28/2019 21:37
Subject: Contract clause prohibiting use of opiates, tranquilizers and similar during employment?
Anonymous wrote:Anonymous wrote:Anonymous wrote:Anonymous wrote:What if she needs to take antibiotics or even Tylenol. If you insist on such a clause then any prospective nanny should insist on a clause that if she is prescribed any medicine that could potentially affect childcare that she is given paid time off that does not count against her PTO.
FYI, OP, practically all medication has a warning about side effect of drousiness
Read your Tylenol bottle again. It is perfectly logical that OP doesn’t want the nanny on medications that affect the nanny’s cognitive or physical abilities while on the job. I’m so surprised by the backlash.
I take a claritin and several extra-strength Tylenol a day and it doesn’t impact my abilities one iota. Is OP going to ask her nanny for a list of OTC and prescription meds on a regular basis?
I’m severely allergic to pollen, mold, dust and other things. I refuse to stay indoors, especially with kids, and some of my allergies are also indoor. I take Allegra and another allergy med, throwing in an expectorant or decongestant as needed. You don’t get to say what I take or when; my doctor agrees that I’m not impaired, that’s all you need to know.
Ha! Well said, PP.
Anonymous
02/28/2019 17:33
Subject: Contract clause prohibiting use of opiates, tranquilizers and similar during employment?
Anonymous wrote:Anonymous wrote:Anonymous wrote:What if she needs to take antibiotics or even Tylenol. If you insist on such a clause then any prospective nanny should insist on a clause that if she is prescribed any medicine that could potentially affect childcare that she is given paid time off that does not count against her PTO.
FYI, OP, practically all medication has a warning about side effect of drousiness
Read your Tylenol bottle again. It is perfectly logical that OP doesn’t want the nanny on medications that affect the nanny’s cognitive or physical abilities while on the job. I’m so surprised by the backlash.
I take a claritin and several extra-strength Tylenol a day and it doesn’t impact my abilities one iota. Is OP going to ask her nanny for a list of OTC and prescription meds on a regular basis?
I’m severely allergic to pollen, mold, dust and other things. I refuse to stay indoors, especially with kids, and some of my allergies are also indoor. I take Allegra and another allergy med, throwing in an expectorant or decongestant as needed. You don’t get to say what I take or when; my doctor agrees that I’m not impaired, that’s all you need to know.
Anonymous
02/28/2019 15:00
Subject: Contract clause prohibiting use of opiates, tranquilizers and similar during employment?
Lots of looney parents out there. Beware.
Anonymous
02/28/2019 13:49
Subject: Contract clause prohibiting use of opiates, tranquilizers and similar during employment?
Anonymous wrote:Anonymous wrote:What if she needs to take antibiotics or even Tylenol. If you insist on such a clause then any prospective nanny should insist on a clause that if she is prescribed any medicine that could potentially affect childcare that she is given paid time off that does not count against her PTO.
FYI, OP, practically all medication has a warning about side effect of drousiness
Read your Tylenol bottle again. It is perfectly logical that OP doesn’t want the nanny on medications that affect the nanny’s cognitive or physical abilities while on the job. I’m so surprised by the backlash.
I take a claritin and several extra-strength Tylenol a day and it doesn’t impact my abilities one iota. Is OP going to ask her nanny for a list of OTC and prescription meds on a regular basis?
Anonymous
02/28/2019 13:44
Subject: Contract clause prohibiting use of opiates, tranquilizers and similar during employment?
MB here. I have had several excellent nannies and never had to include a clause like this in their contracts. They know they should not be impaired to work. It is more important that you spend your time vetting your nanny candidates thoroughly.
Anonymous
02/28/2019 08:39
Subject: Contract clause prohibiting use of opiates, tranquilizers and similar during employment?
Anonymous wrote:OP should find someone she already knows and trusts.
OP should stay home and take care of her own kid. Only a fool will take, and stay, on this job. The turnout over is going to be every six weeks.
Anonymous
02/28/2019 04:27
Subject: Contract clause prohibiting use of opiates, tranquilizers and similar during employment?
OP should find someone she already knows and trusts.
Anonymous
02/28/2019 00:24
Subject: Contract clause prohibiting use of opiates, tranquilizers and similar during employment?
Anonymous wrote:Nanny shall not use any substances that could potentially impair physical or cognitive ability (you could add “including but not limited to alcohol, marijuana, optiates, benedryl...). If nanny is found to have taken any such medication, drugs, or alcohol without previous discussion, the nanny will be immediately terminated.
I am a career nanny and would absolutely have no issue with this clause. I have something similar in mine, though the focus is on alcohol, which I have actually consumed a small amount while in the clock with my bosses.
Benadryl? Now you’re really out there!
Anonymous
02/27/2019 23:01
Subject: Contract clause prohibiting use of opiates, tranquilizers and similar during employment?
They have non-drowsy Benadryl and Tylenol (not pm because you’re sure to be high and fall asleep) or alieve is perfectly fine to take which a lot of women do for cramps.
Anonymous
02/27/2019 15:07
Subject: Contract clause prohibiting use of opiates, tranquilizers and similar during employment?
Anonymous wrote:What if she needs to take antibiotics or even Tylenol. If you insist on such a clause then any prospective nanny should insist on a clause that if she is prescribed any medicine that could potentially affect childcare that she is given paid time off that does not count against her PTO.
FYI, OP, practically all medication has a warning about side effect of drousiness
Read your Tylenol bottle again. It is perfectly logical that OP doesn’t want the nanny on medications that affect the nanny’s cognitive or physical abilities while on the job. I’m so surprised by the backlash.
Anonymous
02/27/2019 15:04
Subject: Contract clause prohibiting use of opiates, tranquilizers and similar during employment?
Anonymous wrote:Nanny shall not use any substances that could potentially impair physical or cognitive ability (you could add “including but not limited to alcohol, marijuana, optiates, benedryl...). If nanny is found to have taken any such medication, drugs, or alcohol without previous discussion, the nanny will be immediately terminated.
I am a career nanny and would absolutely have no issue with this clause. I have something similar in mine, though the focus is on alcohol, which I have actually consumed a small amount while in the clock with my bosses.
Benadryl, really? I get that it makes you drowsy, but would you really list it out?
Anonymous
02/27/2019 09:42
Subject: Contract clause prohibiting use of opiates, tranquilizers and similar during employment?
Anonymous wrote:We’re looking to hire a through an agency, and I’ve seen a lot of talk of a clause like this, particularly when charges are very young. It’s hard to know who’s doing what, and we need our nanny to be super sharp ay all times.
Any help on how to phrase such a clause? Is it reasonable?
Thanks in advance.
Please see a good mental health professional.
Anonymous
02/27/2019 08:54
Subject: Contract clause prohibiting use of opiates, tranquilizers and similar during employment?
What if she needs to take antibiotics or even Tylenol. If you insist on such a clause then any prospective nanny should insist on a clause that if she is prescribed any medicine that could potentially affect childcare that she is given paid time off that does not count against her PTO.
FYI, OP, practically all medication has a warning about side effect of drousiness
FYI, OP, practically all medication has a warning about side effect of drousiness