Snow Day and Nanny

You should pay her. You probably are using a paid sick or personal and getting paid. She should have the most important job in the world to you and should be compensated in the same manner. Just my opinion.

When I was a nanny, I got paid for any days they canceled on me if relatives were in town, one parent took a random day off and didn't want me there, etc). It was not my choice and I was counting on that income to pay my bills. Such things should be pre-arranged, however, in a contract.

If the roads are so bad, YOUR work, or the state, schools, etc are recommending NO TRAVEL, you really should not be asking your nanny to travel either. But as a home childcare provider, I get this issue a bit as well. They will close all of the schools, State officials will at least recommend no travel (especially for an ice storm..its happened a few times in my 14 years in home DC), and some of my families will not be required to report to work..but let me tell you, they can manage to get their kids here to me for a full 10-11 hour day, and have the NERVE to be LATE and blame the weather!

But with your nanny, I would pay them..or have it pre-arranged otherwise and agreed upon so its NOT a surprise to them.

It depends on the contract. Usually, yes, you would pay her as it is her regular business hours. It depends, are you also getting paid for staying home on a snow day? If the snow is bad enough for that, then maybe she should stay home.

Yes, she should be paid. She didn't ask for the day off and she still has bills to pay...

I don't have a nanny but I would think you should have this worked out in her contract before a snowstorms comes. I guess it would depend if they were making money hourly or yearly. Obviously yearly she would still get paid but if she is getting paid by the hour then you would need to come to an agreement ASAP.

I worked as a nanny for quite a few years in the home of a family. The mom's boss brought her child over too. I was paid an hourly wage separately by each family that was dependent on how many hours I worked and how many children were in my care. I also had the option of doing housework for the mom with all the kids and got a separate wage per hour for that too.

The mom was a Professor of Nursing (had 7 kids) and the other mom was the Department Head (had 1 child).

For example:

I had 2 children from the larger family from 7:30a to 4:30p and got $2 hour per child 9 hours x $2 per hour = $18. (It was nearly 20 years ago). Then I did 4 loads of laundry and cooked the evening meal. So I got paid for 2 hours of laundry $10 plus $5 for cooking dinner. So total for day was $18+$15= $33 for the day plus the $2 an hour for the single child $33+$18=$51 a day.

I worked lots of times when the mom's were off work due to weather and the college being closed. I also worked occasionally during the school breaks if they wanted to work on something. It did not matter if the mom was home or not if the mom wanted to have me there to cook and clean up after the kids so she could enjoy the day off with them.

I was scheduled to work Mon-Fri 7:30a to when ever the dad got home, usually by 4pm. He picked up the older kids at Jr. high and High school then came home. I did not usually work on school breaks, like Christmas or Summer, since neither mom worked during that time.

I would have enjoyed knowing how much I was going to be paid each pay period. it was sometimes confusing to me if I worked odd hours due to an adult being home and calling me not to come. But since I had the opportunity to make the money I needed I didn't say anything. The hourly wage VS the salary wage debate....

I think as long as you are fair to her and let her know that you appreciate her and if she has any dislikes or issues that she can come talk to you about then I think it sounds good either way.

pay her & let her stay home.

inclement weather is an act of God....not her fault.

& out of the kindness of your heart, you should not question paying her!

Pay her as last minute changes are not her fault or yours.

She gets paid, unless she takes an unplanned day off.

You get to stay home, and you get paid, so she should get to stay home and still get paid.

Depends on what your contract or agreement is.

Do you still want her to come to the house? If not you should tell her to stay home.

As for if you should pay her, was she able to plan ahead and schedule other things? If not, you should still pay her (chances are you are still getting paid, right?)