Coronavirus- can nanny still work?

[ChloeR81]

Hi, hope I’m not duplicating a thread but I couldn’t find one.

I have a lovely nanny who comes 2 days a week. Where do we stand regarding isolation etc? Can she refuse to come to work when we’re all well? At what point would she be able to not come to work, e.g. what level of official lockdown etc.

Want to be totally fair to her and follow the rules, but equally if I don’t have childcare I can’t work and earn money to pay her. Thanks, it’s so difficult to navigate

Has anyone decided to let theirs go?

No, haven’t let her go, but if she didn’t agree to return this week we would have had to.
We’ve furloughed her (and topped up) but cannot continue to struggle through each working day as we have been. We would have looked for either a temporary nanny or a new permanent one.
Honestly though, I’m not sure how I feel about her now. It’s made me reassess a few things.

@Pidgythe2nd it’s a very fragile relationship and any bad feeling or resentment makes it unworkable in my view. Very difficult.

@Pidgythe2nd why has it made you reassess things? You have to feel full trust with your nanny..

They took a long time to clarify

www.google.com/amp/s/metro.co.uk/2020/05/08/cleaners-nannies-can-go-back-work-long-symptom-free-12674435/amp/

fran the link below doesn't work, I think it's a members site would you mind sharing the info?

Great, thank you

Hi, I hope this is appropriate to post here but have any nannies returned to work yet? My employer is ready for me to go back as she’s desperate but I still don’t feel comfortable. Would it be unfair of me to say this?

I went back to a nanny role where parents are non-keyworker's in week commencing 4th May following the FAQ that GovUk published. GovUk have since removed mention of nannies from that FAQ.

So now are referring to Annex A in the Our Plan To Rebuild document that was published 11th May.

Are you able to travel safely to/from your employer's home?

I am a nanny to a 5 and 8yr old. I haven’t gone back yet. They haven’t mentioned it BUT I am doing school work over Skype with the kids every day which is working well. Personally I feel very strongly that if I am still not allowed to see my family then I shouldn’t be going to work

Our nanny returned a few weeks ago and everything is going well, she doesn’t take public transport and both our families are otherwise self-isolating and limiting shopping trips etc. I’m not sure how we would have managed without her as I’m extremely busy at work pulling long, very busy days with lots of conference calls. DP also busy and has a lot of calls. I’m very grateful to her. I also think it would seriously have affected our relationship if she hadn’t returned as it would have caused so much hardship for us and it is so low risk for her to work.

Yes it would be unfair for you to not to return to your job, unless you are in a high risk category.

@Mildred01 if you don’t want to work then fine, just surely don’t expect to be paid?!