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Holiday Pay
By Melissa L.
on Fri Aug 16, 2013
at 2:56 PM EDT
What do you do on holidays? My husband is a teacher so he is off a lot of holidays (especially in the fall) so we would not need the sitter. However, I recognize that the sitter relys on the money. I don't want to lose a sitter over not paying for holidays, but money is tight (even with both of us working) so I would rather let the sitter have the time off without pay. I wonder what other families do. Thanks!
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By Renee G.
on Fri Aug 1, 2014
at 5:09 PM EDT
When we're off work for a holiday that lasts a day or two, we do not pay anything for those. But when we're off work for a week or more at a time, we pay half of what a normal weekly paycheck is for each week we're off. Our last nanny was fine with that. However, we did have an instance where our nanny needed 2.5 weeks off for her wedding/honeymoon and we did not pay for that time off since she chose to take that time off (though we did give her a cash wedding gift).
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By Kimberly H.
on Wed Aug 27, 2014
at 3:47 PM EDT
We have a nanny that is part-time so we tell them up front that we do not pay for holidays or time off of work. We have paid for an airline ticket so our nanny could fly home for the holidays as a compromise.
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By Ebony S.
on Tue Sep 30, 2014
at 10:32 AM EDT
You said " I don't want to lose a sitter over not paying for holidays, but money is tight (even with both of us working)"
Is your husband getting paid for those holidays he's not working and he's home? So if so, it wouldn't be extra money out of your pocket right?
For our NT Nanny we're offering 10 paid holidays, those are the 10 that I am paid myself at my job so I'll be home with my kids. Also, when I decided how much we could afford for a Nanny, I came up with a monthly salary we could pay that we could afford. If you can't afford to pay at least some holidays, then lowering the amount you pay so that you can shift those savings into paying for holiday pay might be an option.
~ Ebony
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By Sherlawn R.
on Fri Nov 14, 2014
at 6:20 PM EST
Hi. I recommend setting a monthly salary, which is paid out twice a month. This way you don't have to worry about holiday's and the care-giver knows exactly how much money she will make each month. However, don't forget to establish guidelines on the minimum amount of days that must be worked in order to receive the salary. God bless
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