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.
Kaylee: H-how did you... g-get on...? Early: Strains the mind a bit, don't it? You think you're all alone. Maybe I come down the chimney, Kaylee. Bring presents to the good girls and boys.
'Objects In Space'
Natter 65: Speed Limit Enforced by Aircraft
Off-topic discussion. Wanna talk about corsets, pandas, duct tape, or physics? This is the place. Detailed discussion of any current-season TV must be whitefonted.
Jesse - Feb 10, 2010 11:33:36 am PST #7727 of 30001
Sometimes I trip on how happy we could be.
Jessica - Feb 10, 2010 11:35:32 am PST #7728 of 30001
And then Ortus came and said "It's Ortin' time" and they all Orted off into the sunset
I'm guessing the parent in question pays her nanny under the table - she may not have an explicit written PTO policy.
Jesse - Feb 10, 2010 11:36:18 am PST #7729 of 30001
Sometimes I trip on how happy we could be.
Sure, but even without a formal policy, there must have been days when the nanny didn't come in, right?
lisah - Feb 10, 2010 11:39:56 am PST #7730 of 30001
Punishingly Intricate
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.
Jesse - Feb 10, 2010 11:41:01 am PST #7731 of 30001
Sometimes I trip on how happy we could be.
I feel the worst for the small business/restaurant owners.
Oh man, total nightmare.
flea - Feb 10, 2010 11:44:06 am PST #7732 of 30001
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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.
flea - Feb 10, 2010 11:45:43 am PST #7733 of 30001
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ION, this is more a bitches topic, but I am finding *everybody* sexy today. I have no idea what is wrong with me.
Laura - Feb 10, 2010 11:49:02 am PST #7734 of 30001
Our wings are not tired.
bats eyelashes at flea
Sparky1 - Feb 10, 2010 11:51:40 am PST #7735 of 30001
Librarian Warlord
I'm guessing the parent in question pays her nanny under the table - she may not have an explicit written PTO policy.
That's what I'm thinking, too, because she's so damn defensive. She has informed me that she works helping people work through their emotional issues and that she does this because she believes in the greater good. She has informed me of this because she thinks I "must not know what a therapist is."
Lady, I know what a therpist is, and I can even spot someone who needs to work through an emotional issue or two.
My nanny gets an hourly wage, but we employ her for 40 hrs/week, so I feel that's the minimum I'd pay her, and we budget for that 52 weeks/year. We also pay all the taxes, and pay some money towards her health insurance.
Jesse - Feb 10, 2010 11:52:26 am PST #7736 of 30001
Sometimes I trip on how happy we could be.
She has informed me that she works helping people work through their emotional issues and that she does this because she believes in the greater good. She has informed me of this because she thinks I "must not know what a therapist is."
HA HA HA HA.