My nanny went on maternity leave and has just emailed me to give me her return to work date.
I'm very surprised she wants to return as we had a big falling out before she went off because she was completely unreliable and I felt she did not take her job very seriously. she caused a lot of stress for me at work due to her frequent time off. After this disagreement, she went on long term sick citing pregnancy complications, then onto mat leave and we have not heard from her since. I had noticed that she was advertising for work on childcare.co.uk on completion of her maternity leave, so was happy that it looked like she did not want to come back.
We have a wonderful and reliable nanny who is currently covering her leave and who would like to stay and we would like to keep her.
My job and days/hours have recently changed so are different to what my previous nanny was working.
I've spoken to a lawyer who has suggested I let the old nanny know the new (longer) hours, and await a response with the hope that she won't want the job. The problem is, that she is not responding.
It's very frustrating. I suspect my old nanny will return to us until she finds a different job, which means I lose our current nanny and my children get messed around. Apparently I have no control who works in my house with my children. It's infuriating.
I'm not looking for legal advice as I know where I stand, but anyone been through anything similar and had a good outcome? Thanks.