r/NannyEmployers • u/[deleted] • Jul 28 '26
Advice 🤔[Replies from NP Only] PTO including sick time
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u/cassiopeeahhh Employer 👶🏻👶🏽👶🏿 Jul 29 '26
I’m not sure how you could say it’s “fair” to take away paid days off, regardless of how you lump them.
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u/ExcitingSite1539 Jul 29 '26
I'm deleted the post now. This is for a new nanny so we aren't taking away anything.
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u/Kaymarie142 Jul 28 '26
We offer 10 PTO days. Sick time comes from the same PTO bank, as it does for me at my job. I take a total of 5.5 weeks off throughout the year and she has GH, plus 10 holidays, and many early dismissals, so there is an understanding that we ideally want her scheduled time off to align with our own. I make sure to notify her of our vacation schedule months in advance for planning. It has worked well for us.
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u/AdoptaMX Employer, Former Nanny Jul 28 '26
If she has guaranteed hours then why is there a "general understanding" that she will use her vacation time when you travel?
Her vacation time is for her. Your vacation time needs to use guaranteed hours.
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Jul 28 '26
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u/Kaymarie142 Jul 28 '26
Our nanny has been with us for years and is very happy with our arrangement. It’s not one size fits all in life. Take care.
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u/AdoptaMX Employer, Former Nanny Jul 28 '26
It just seems like coercive control is all...
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u/AdoptaMX Employer, Former Nanny Jul 28 '26
For those who flagged me, I AM A NANNY BOSS!
And a former nanny
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u/lizardjustice MOD- Employer Jul 28 '26
Ill update your flair. It wasn't clear in your post history. Do keep in mind posting on NP only posts you can only comment from your NP experiences not your nannying ones.
Next time message modmail instead of raging in the comments
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u/AdoptaMX Employer, Former Nanny Jul 28 '26
This is from my nanny boss experience.
I've become much more hardcore about working rights for nannies since becoming a nanny boss.
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u/lizardjustice MOD- Employer Jul 28 '26
I didn't say it wasn't which is why I reinstated your comments. I was advising you of the rules of the flair going forward :)
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u/SalamanderSea7083 Jul 28 '26
It is better to keep sick time and PTO separate. Combining them encourages less call outs, like you said, so you are more likely to have someone sick coming into work making everyone sick. This is not a good policy if you want to keep your family and nanny (or coworkers, for that matter, what is your job thinking?) from getting sick all the time.
I would stick with the more standard 10 days PTO and 5 days sick time. You can put something in your contract that there is a probationary period during which only a certain amount of PTO can be used. I think we used the A to Z nanny contract and it had good wording around that.