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AP time off

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MuffinToptheMule · 31/01/2009 20:00

I was just wondering what you do if your AP wants time off. Do you give her the time off and not pay her or pay her and she has to make the time up at another point. Or do you not allow time off?

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tootiredtothink · 31/01/2009 23:16

Think I'm going to have to hide the AP threads. I'm horrified how badly they are treated .

nannyL · 31/01/2009 23:10

so would i tankie?

tankie · 31/01/2009 22:51

I would have assumed an au pair would get 4 weeks off paid, just like anyone else?

Millarkie · 31/01/2009 21:55

I would give AP paid time off if they stayed longer than 6 months. Last AP was here 5 months and had 2 single weeks off during school hols which were unpaid (mainly because I would have preferred her to be here during that time - it is easier for us to be without an AP during termtime). She also needed time off to spend with her boyfriend and family members who came to stay a couple of times, but on those occasions we just asked her to catch up with things later or leave them if they weren't important.
Since you have been there so long I would expect them to give you paid holiday (but from your other threads about your pay/being expected to go away with the family etc, I'm not surprised that they haven't offered )

DadInsteadofMum · 31/01/2009 20:35

A lot of people on here say that they gove their au pair two weeks a year paid off. THis comes from the old au pair regulations, this was superceded by the working time directive whereby you are entitled to four weeks paid holiday a year even as an au pair!

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MuffinToptheMule · 31/01/2009 20:25

Sorry, I'm the AP not the boss. I was just wondering if there was a general procedure for this. I've been with the family for 2 years. 1 and a half years as a live out and half a year live-in. I've never had any time off paid, (don't expect it though). I had a few days off so I could revise for my exam. My bosses were unsure as to whether I should make this time up or to leave it and not get paid.

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cheapskatemum · 31/01/2009 20:15

Can you be a bit more specific, Muffin? How much time off? How much will it inconvenience you? And what does she want the time off for?

Mine get a week's paid holiday if they last 6 months .

PaulaMummyKnowsBest · 31/01/2009 20:06

what about if it is several days at a time?

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MuffinToptheMule · 31/01/2009 20:04

Do you mean your working hours or the APs working hours?

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Ingles2 · 31/01/2009 20:02

depends how much time off she wants and if it's convenient.
If it's during working hours and I had to organise alternative childcare then it was unpaid. If it wasn't a problem she made up the hours another day.