Lisa, fingers crossed and all the health-ma I can muster for Bob, and you.

Power just flickered. Do not like.

I had a nanny when I was being paid hourly. I also paid her sick time and vacation time according to our written contract (we lived in NC; it didn't snow).

At some points she was making more an hour than I was. That was fun. (I had benefits, though, and she didn't.)

I was thinking that the nanny was paid hourly, not the person, although you certainly could be. What is the difference between a nanny and a babysitter?

The more I think about it, the more I think it should just be obvious, based on the rest of their contract/how they pay the nanny. Does she ever get paid when she doesn't work? Like holidays and stuff? I don't know, I think asking the question is the weaselly thing, not necessarily not paying.

I'm guessing the parent in question pays her nanny under the table - she may not have an explicit written PTO policy.

Sure, but even without a formal policy, there must have been days when the nanny didn't come in, right?

Snow days are the worst when you get paid by the hour, for sure.

I feel the worst for the small business/restaurant owners. They lost their biggest weekend (last one before xmas) to a big snowstorm and now this thing that's been going on basically non-stop since Friday. And the weekend before the weather was crappy on Saturday. It just sucks.

I feel the worst for the small business/restaurant owners.

Oh man, total nightmare.

A nanny is (more or less) full-time. A babysitter is someone who comes more occasionally, and usually isn't making his or her living watching the kids.