seems very funny to me that she would even ask and that you would even consider allowing her to stay with her relative. isn't that why you hired a helper, to look after your house when you need help...considering she is still on probation, the fear of being alone should not be something on her mind, but keeping her job! it's bad timing that you haven't seen her relative, or else the relative could possibly stay over at your place instead...anyhow, perhaps i'm being too mean, but i'd give her an ultimatum (seriously - it's part of her job!) and if she can't handle it hire someone else.
Advice needed - helper refuses to house-sit
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I have checked with immigration on this and in her time off she can sleep at a friend or relative's place. However, we only inquired about weekend nights and whether she was permitted by the conditions of her stay to spend a night away here and there. Our concern was along the lines of could we require her to stay at our place on her time off, which she is by law for a continuous 24 hour period once a week. Fortunately it hasn't been an issue as she gets days off in lieu of Sunday if we need her to take care of house and dog while we travel and has been happy with the arrangement for years now.
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Afraid of the dark?
Sage -- that is the silliest thing I've ever heard.
Helpers say they want to be treated as respected employees (and adults). But many of them act like children -- and their employers are left looking after them. And I say this as someone who is very pro-workers rights.
But this is a seriously lame excuse.
Could you imagine your boss sending you on a business trip, and your saying that you were afraid of sleeping alone in a hotel room?
Never mind her personal issues -- dark or not, house or flat, lonely or not. And never mind whether it's written in detail in her contract -- my helper's contract doesn't details every tiny thing she does.
She's a grown-up, and keeping house is her job.
Sage -- that is the silliest thing I've ever heard.
Helpers say they want to be treated as respected employees (and adults). But many of them act like children -- and their employers are left looking after them. And I say this as someone who is very pro-workers rights.
But this is a seriously lame excuse.
Could you imagine your boss sending you on a business trip, and your saying that you were afraid of sleeping alone in a hotel room?
Never mind her personal issues -- dark or not, house or flat, lonely or not. And never mind whether it's written in detail in her contract -- my helper's contract doesn't details every tiny thing she does.
She's a grown-up, and keeping house is her job.
Exactly. I agree.
