Anonymous
Post 01/08/2014 18:02     Subject: Re:taking care of sick children
Your nanny is a piece of work. I hope you really like her otherwise.
Anonymous
Post 01/07/2014 22:17     Subject: Re:taking care of sick children
OP here. Our same nanny got sick on her own and came to work. So, we asked her to wear a mask so that she does not give her virus to the children. She did not really wear it saying it makes her uncomfortable. She was quite comfortable doing it when the kids were sick and she was at risk of getting sick from them. Since, she was sick I asked her to stay home and get better (paid of course). She is coming back tomorrow and hopefully will be cured from her virus.
Anonymous
Post 01/07/2014 12:17     Subject: taking care of sick children
Anonymous wrote:
Anonymous wrote:my nanny brings her kid over and she's constantly sick (at only 9 months), so DD and I have been sick nonstop since like September-ish because of her, not vice versa. I am already perusing daycares and preschools online and considering letting her go. I'm sick of being sick. I can get that cheaper at a daycare.


Troll Troll Troll. Trying to start the endless debate over nannies bringing their own children to work is just tired and lame.


im not trying to start a debate. the nanny brings her own children. period. sick kids is the thread.
Anonymous
Post 01/07/2014 10:48     Subject: taking care of sick children
Anonymous wrote:my nanny brings her kid over and she's constantly sick (at only 9 months), so DD and I have been sick nonstop since like September-ish because of her, not vice versa. I am already perusing daycares and preschools online and considering letting her go. I'm sick of being sick. I can get that cheaper at a daycare.


Troll Troll Troll. Trying to start the endless debate over nannies bringing their own children to work is just tired and lame.
Anonymous
Post 01/07/2014 01:19     Subject: taking care of sick children
my nanny brings her kid over and she's constantly sick (at only 9 months), so DD and I have been sick nonstop since like September-ish because of her, not vice versa. I am already perusing daycares and preschools online and considering letting her go. I'm sick of being sick. I can get that cheaper at a daycare.
Anonymous
Post 11/26/2013 17:01     Subject: taking care of sick children
Anonymous wrote:
Anonymous wrote:
Anonymous wrote:It is so horrible (this is not directed at OP, or PP's - just general thought) that nannies are expected to work with sick children, and most likely get sick. And then employers think it is great to generally pay nannies a very low salary.

These are women who come conveniently into your home with little rights afforded to them by the FLSA. And take care of your sick babies, and risk getting sick. But you feel it's okay to pay close to minimum wage. Haven't you heard of hazard pay?


Close to minimum wage? Most nannies should be making significantly above that.


Minimum wage? Low salary? OP here. Our nanny made $45K last year. She is making above minimum wage. 5 weeks of that time were paid vacation also. i totally understand the hazards of the profession. I am trying to compensate our nanny fairly. That's another reason why i am upset at her attitude. I have a continuation to the story. Our son got sick again with a ear infection which is not contagious. She would not touch him. I am having to take PTO and stay home. She is getting paid. she just had the audacity to ask me to read through healthcover.gov for her to see which insurance package which work best and to figure out how the whole thing works. I am starting to look for a replacement and preparing to letting her go


As you should. I don't care what the wage or benefits of a particular job are, either you comply with the requirements (in the case of nannying, caring for sick kids) or you lose your position. No other field would put up with such nonsense. Good luck, OP.
Anonymous
Post 11/26/2013 16:35     Subject: taking care of sick children
Anonymous wrote:
Anonymous wrote:It is so horrible (this is not directed at OP, or PP's - just general thought) that nannies are expected to work with sick children, and most likely get sick. And then employers think it is great to generally pay nannies a very low salary.

These are women who come conveniently into your home with little rights afforded to them by the FLSA. And take care of your sick babies, and risk getting sick. But you feel it's okay to pay close to minimum wage. Haven't you heard of hazard pay?


Close to minimum wage? Most nannies should be making significantly above that.


Minimum wage? Low salary? OP here. Our nanny made $45K last year. She is making above minimum wage. 5 weeks of that time were paid vacation also. i totally understand the hazards of the profession. I am trying to compensate our nanny fairly. That's another reason why i am upset at her attitude. I have a continuation to the story. Our son got sick again with a ear infection which is not contagious. She would not touch him. I am having to take PTO and stay home. She is getting paid. she just had the audacity to ask me to read through healthcover.gov for her to see which insurance package which work best and to figure out how the whole thing works. I am starting to look for a replacement and preparing to letting her go
Anonymous
Post 11/26/2013 14:27     Subject: taking care of sick children
Anonymous wrote:It is so horrible (this is not directed at OP, or PP's - just general thought) that nannies are expected to work with sick children, and most likely get sick. And then employers think it is great to generally pay nannies a very low salary.

These are women who come conveniently into your home with little rights afforded to them by the FLSA. And take care of your sick babies, and risk getting sick. But you feel it's okay to pay close to minimum wage. Haven't you heard of hazard pay?


Close to minimum wage? Most nannies should be making significantly above that.
Anonymous
Post 11/26/2013 10:34     Subject: taking care of sick children
Anonymous wrote:It is so horrible (this is not directed at OP, or PP's - just general thought) that nannies are expected to work with sick children, and most likely get sick. And then employers think it is great to generally pay nannies a very low salary.

These are women who come conveniently into your home with little rights afforded to them by the FLSA. And take care of your sick babies, and risk getting sick. But you feel it's okay to pay close to minimum wage. Haven't you heard of hazard pay?


Yawn.

It's the job. Get over yourself.
Anonymous
Post 11/26/2013 09:09     Subject: taking care of sick children
It is so horrible (this is not directed at OP, or PP's - just general thought) that nannies are expected to work with sick children, and most likely get sick. And then employers think it is great to generally pay nannies a very low salary.

These are women who come conveniently into your home with little rights afforded to them by the FLSA. And take care of your sick babies, and risk getting sick. But you feel it's okay to pay close to minimum wage. Haven't you heard of hazard pay?
Anonymous
Post 11/25/2013 09:11     Subject: taking care of sick children
We addressed this in our contract. If the kids are sick, she is expected to work and to care for them (giving Tylenol/Advil as needed, or giving antibiotics if a dose is due while she's there). If one of them is sick enough to need medical care, one of us stays home, does the doctor visit, and cares for that child. This has hardly ever come up.

Our nanny has a week of sick days from us, but in 2 years has yet to take a single sick day--she gets a mild cold or allergies here and there but has been working with kids for a decade and her immune system is amazing. Prior to her, we had a short-term nanny who complained about being around our kids when they were sick and it was really frustrating.
Anonymous
Post 11/18/2013 18:10     Subject: taking care of sick children
Anonymous wrote:
Anonymous wrote:What is so immature about wearing a mask and protecting one's health??!

Sorry. I don't get it.


looks like you did not read about the silent treatment, showing that she was annoyed and resentful and so on.


Sorry, I should have said - I'd posted earlier saying OP's nanny's behavior sounded odd and with a few comments about that; my statement about the mask was to the PP who said it was dramatic. Clearly eye rolling, sighing, and otherwise immature behavior IS dramatic - but I don't think wearing a mask to protect oneself is!
Anonymous
Post 11/18/2013 17:26     Subject: taking care of sick children
Nannies are free to negotiate what they want in a contract, but as an MB, I would be pretty pissed if my nanny refused to come into work to take care of my sick children. One of the reasons we have a nanny is so I don't have to take off time every time one of my 3 kids gets sick. Our nanny gets 3 weeks of PTO/vacation - plus every extra vacation day we take off.

I get that being a nanny to sick children raises your likelihood of getting sick, but - hello - that is part of the job.
Anonymous
Post 11/17/2013 21:07     Subject: taking care of sick children
Anonymous wrote:Depends on the illness. If it's a fever under 100 or the sniffles, I don't care and I'll always be available to work. Once the fever is clear, I'll come back to work (I don't have the "wait 24 hours policy" that most daycares have)

If the child is throwing up, has a high fever, or has diarrhea, then the parents need to stay home. But all of that is in my work agreement.


are you kidding? a fever under 100? that's no fever at all. are you seriously saying that you refuse to work and damp the kids on the parents if the child has 100.2?

but you work if the child has the sniffles (that's great, otherwise you will not be working from October to April...........)
Anonymous
Post 11/17/2013 21:03     Subject: taking care of sick children
Anonymous wrote:What is so immature about wearing a mask and protecting one's health??!

Sorry. I don't get it.


looks like you did not read about the silent treatment, showing that she was annoyed and resentful and so on.