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nannies bringing babies- any tips for contract

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nowwearefour · 21/02/2011 16:38

Our wonderful nanny has been bringing her ds along on an informal basis since she came back from mat leave. She has since said she would like to continue bringing him more permanently. originally we had sought a nanny without children but ours are older now and we would love to keep her so we'll change her contract. so i am going to write a few things into contract eg no going off to the doctors so far away with ehr baby so she isnt available for emergency pick-ups, no bringng her baby along if he is infectious or ill and likely to pass something on and if her baby is ill and she doesnt come, we wont pay her. (of course if she is ill and cant come, we will pay her). is there anything i havent thought of. i was thinking htat if there is a one off particular thing we want her to take our dd's to or whatever tthat wasnt suitable for her ds then she also needs to make otehr arrangements. should i formalise that last bit? her ds is her second child and her parents take care of her dd when she is working for me.

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Supernanny89 · 21/02/2011 16:56

Why cant her parents have her ds aswell as her dd when she is working for you?

NannyTreeSally · 21/02/2011 17:07

I think that formalising the arrangement is a really good idea ? that way, you all know where you stand!

I also agree that if you want her to do something that isn't suitable for her child, it is fair for you to ask her not to bring him. After all, you don't want her child to impact on your children?s fun/activities whilst in her care.

One thing that does stand out is "if her baby is ill and she doesn?t come, we won?t pay her. (of course if she is ill and can?t come, we will pay her)" ...is she the type of person who will 'tailor' the reason for the illness to ensure she doesn't loose any salary? If so, i am not sure how you would govern this?

Alsom as Supernanny89 said... i wonder why her parents can't look after her DS? But at least they are potentially on call if she can't bring him for any reason!

nowwearefour · 21/02/2011 17:27

i am not sure of the reasons why her parents cant have her ds but she has made a decision that she is not willing to leave him with them so if we dont permit this change in contract hten we will lose her. it would have been a deal breaker for us prob even last year but dd2 starts full time school this year so it would just seem rather churlish. continuity for our dd's seems more important and we are v fond of her. our dd's love her ds anyway. it is ok with us. i trust my nanny to not lie to us -to my knowledge she never has and she has a policy in her life of not lying so i would like to think she wouldnt (she has had some health issues since being with us but has not taken a single day off sick (we did not know about them until all was ok)). but i guess we have to accept that risk.

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NannyTreeSally · 21/02/2011 18:00

It's great that you've found such a fab nanny whom you can trust - she sounds like she is definitely worth the compromises! I hope that everything runs smoothly :)x

eastmidlandsnightnanny · 22/02/2011 13:19

I think you are right to change contract and make formal, why not add into contract 3 paid carers leave/compassionate leave days if required so then if child is ill or a family emergency or funeral comes up she can use these as you may find she would be inclined to say she is ill rather than child so she gets paid. Then any additional days could be unpaid.

(I work for the NHS and we get 5 days paid carers/compassionate/special leave plus additional 5 days paid at managers discretion and then unpaid for as long as manager agrees - this is in any one finacial year - its stops people saying they are ill rather than child)

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