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Re: Should I pay my house cleaner for sick days?
DIR By: STiG
Date: April 19, 2019, 6:45 pm
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I like the idea of asking Carl to do some extra work for you
next week and pay accordingly. So if he can give you an extra
hour, you give hime $200, for example.
I don't pay my housekeeper if she misses a day; I will ask her
to rebook, if possible. And I will sometimes get her for an
extra day when there is something going on that I need the house
cleaned.
Edited to remove extra words.
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Re: Should I pay my house cleaner for sick days?
DIR By: gramma dishes
Date: April 19, 2019, 6:57 pm
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I like the ideas of:
1. letting him work an extra hour or two next time to make up
at least part of the difference
-and-
2. rebooking at sometime in the future for an extra day, like
before a holiday or a time you'll be having guests
I do not think it would be wise to pay him for not working. It
might become an uncomfortable ''tradition' with him thinking
perhaps that he will always get paid, even if he does no work.
That could cause uneasiness in the comfortable and trusting
relationship you two have with each other right now and which I
assume you wish to maintain.
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Re: Should I pay my house cleaner for sick days?
DIR By: Pattycake
Date: April 20, 2019, 10:38 am
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I agree with those saying no sick pay as he isn't really a
contractor even, he's more like casual labour (and very well
paid!). Reschedule him, like have him come three times in two
weeks later, if you have enough work in that time frame for him
to do.
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Re: Should I pay my house cleaner for sick days?
DIR By: pierrotlunaire0
Date: April 20, 2019, 9:44 pm
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There have been a few times over the past years where my
housecleaner has called off. When she offered to come in on a
different day (say during the following week that she would not
normally come at all), I have accepted her offer of an alternate
day. But once or twice, she has just said she can't, and we
instead agree that she won't come in until her next regular day,
two weeks from then.
I have never offered sick pay, and I do give her a generous
Christmas bonus every year.
Has your cleaner asked for a different day to do the work? I
would take my cue from that.
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Re: Should I pay my house cleaner for sick days?
DIR By: CrazyDaffodilLady
Date: April 21, 2019, 2:20 am
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--- Quote from: pierrotlunaire0 link ---
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> [snip]
> Has your cleaner asked for a different day to do the work? I
would take my cue from that.
>
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The day he missed was four days ago. I assume he is still sick.
Usually if one of us is unavailable on our normal day, we
reschedule for later in the week.
Thanks everyone for your helpful responses. I'm planning to
offer him extra work if he wants it. I also plan to express my
gratitude that he didn't expose me to anything.
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Re: Should I pay my house cleaner for sick days?
DIR By: bopper
Date: April 23, 2019, 2:47 pm
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You could
1) Not pay him. That would not incentivize him to stay home when
very sick
2) Pay him. that could set up expectations for being paid when
he is not around
3) Pay him half. Saying you appreciate him not getting you
sick.
4) Give him a bonus at the Holidays..."Carl I want to thank you
for your not coming when you are very sick as I am susceptible
to illness."
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Re: Should I pay my house cleaner for sick days?
DIR By: Victoria
Date: April 24, 2019, 10:22 am
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I have to agree with Lexophile in that you don't want to create
a course of dealing that ends up being a burden to you later on.
If you do make some sort of exception I would be sure that you
prepare yourself for similar requests in the future, and have
your answer ready to go.
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Re: Should I pay my house cleaner for sick days?
DIR By: TootsNYC
Date: April 29, 2019, 6:21 pm
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> I would not make this decision based on etiquette. I would
think that business etiquette of the situation is that you only
pay Carl for the services that he performs. If he doesn't work,
you owe him nothing.
>
> I would weight the pros with the cons. If I could afford to
pay him, I might do so because he's good and you want to keep
him and it does prevent him from exposing you to illness.
However, if one of these factors changed, I might not.
>
> Maybe there is middle ground here? I would ensure that Carl is
aware of how important it is for you to avoid germs and let him
know that if he is ill that you appreciate that he stays home.
However, you would be willing to reschedule for a later day or
even "double up" the next week. Maybe he does a more deep
cleaning in exchange for the previous week's pay, too. No matter
what, I would figure out what is acceptable from your end.
>
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I think this is where I fall.
I know my cleaner relies on the income. So if she has to miss
for any reason, we try very hard to accommodate a rescheduling
on her part.
Sometimes that doesn't feel fair. I suppose another thing I
might do is ask her to put in just a little bit of time each
week for the next 3 weeks, and pay her for that, so that over 3
weeks, she gets the money back.
There are lots of jobs where you don't get paid for sick time.
Unfortunately, I think, but htere you are.
If you wanted to institute a sick-time policy, I'd do it the way
a company does it: X number a year.
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