Do I pay my Nanny if she is not coming in due to snow?

[Namibia]

Hello mums!
I'm new to mumsnet and I would be very grateful for your advice. I pay my nanny £70 a day and today she is not coming in due to the snow. Should I be paying her the full daily rate?
Also, what is the right thing to do when she is off sick or on holiday. I know it sounds bizarre that I've actually employed her without agreeing the terms. We just didn't think about it and I just gone back to work so all is new to me.
She said she gets paid full when going on holiday and I said I'll pay her one of the two weeks. Am I doing the right thing?

Your advice will be very valuable to me!

Ditto sunshinenanny

I have been getting up an hour earlier than normal to make sure I'm at work on time - my usual journey is 10/12mins - last few days have been 60/90 mins

I have had to abandon my car and walk last 1/2mile along slippery lanes with no street lights and no phone signal to tell boss's so they could pick me up

I've spun the car 360* , slid down small hills and narrowly missed a wall as braked and kept going as where I work it's in the country and no gritters about AT ALL

I got stuck countless times and been pushed out by lovely mb as well as sexy bt men

I made EVERY effort to get to work - but my mb knows that and appreciates it and even though I couldn't get into work last Wednesday my mb will still pay me

Namibia,I strongly recommend you include a clause in the contract saying you are entitled at your discretion to deduct pay where the nanny does not attend or do her usual hours owing to transport disruption, snow, strikes etc. This covers you. You can still, at your discretion, pay for the valiant nanny who battles her way to work most days but if your nanny proves to be someone who has more days off than you can count on your fingers in a month owing to snow then at least you won't be paying twice for a temp nanny as well unless you chose to do so.