Question for those with a nanny

IBackBevo

Previously we just paid our nannies hourly.  Our new nanny (who is starting tomorrow) emailed me asking about how we are planning on handling PTO, paid vacation, etc. Do you give your nanny paid time off, paid vacation, holiday pay, etc,? If so, how much? 

EDIT: Also, if you do PTO, how does it accrue?  Holidays are pretty straightforward. But if you give other days, do you just say "You have 5 paid vacation days a year" or do you say "you accrue 1 vacation day a month for every month you work"? 

jhansen3

We give our Nanny 3 paid sick and 5 days paid vaca plus all bank holidays. We do have it accrue based on her hours per week.

exhibitv

We give our nanny all holidays (that we have off) and all of our vacation time as paid. In addition, we gave her 5 days of PTO. Any other days she needs off, will go unpaid.  I try and give her lots of advanced notice on our vacations so that she can plan to do things with her days off (we get 21 days off, which I think is a lot). I didn't do any formal accruing for it, just gave it up front. In the last 9ish months she has used 3 days, so it worked out about the same as if she had accrued it. 

Strunella

Our nanny officially gets 2 weeks off, one of our choosing and one of her choosing.  In reality, she gets more than that because I get a decent amount of vacation time.  I also give her 3 sick days.  She gets all of our paid holidays off as well.   We don't accrue the days...they're available up front.   I certainly am not going to wait to take a vacation based on how much vacation time she's accrued, and it would seem silly to just apply it towards the 5 days of her choosing.

courtlandmatthew

I am pretty similar- We give our nanny all holidays that we get off and all of our vacation time as paid. In addition, we gave her 5 days of PTO. I also give her a 5 days of sick time.  

sooner1981

Strunella:

Our nanny officially gets 2 weeks off, one of our choosing and one of her choosing.  In reality, she gets more than that because I get a decent amount of vacation time.  I also give her 3 sick days.  She gets all of our paid holidays off as well.   We don't accrue the days...they're available up front.   I certainly am not going to wait to take a vacation based on how much vacation time she's accrued, and it would seem silly to just apply it towards the 5 days of her choosing.

This is our exact plan with our nanny.  It has worked out great so far.  She has taken one extra day so far in the last 1.5 years, and we have just allowed her to take it unpaid.

nosoup4u

We pay her for the weeks I have off (I teach), so she got three weeks paid vacation (two for Xmas break, one for spring break). I think we gave her five paid sick days, which she has used (she started in October). We also pay her for unexpected days off (if we cancel on her).

Iblamethebeer

FWIW -- I would think through the bank holiday thing.

You may want your nanny around a few minor holidays when you are "off" but might need to still be working.  MLK, President's Day, etc.

On the other hand, promising 10 days off of your choosing might be an easy give.  We always take at least that much vacation. 

E&RMommy

She gets DH's holidays (federal) plus 1-2 weeks paid.  She rarely takes off so we basically let her have off what she wants.  We've never not paid her. 

asyph107

We give our nanny two weeks off paid per year and all the holidays we have off