Vacation & air ticket

Posted by minono (274 days ago)

Hello

We are full time working parents with a 5 and 3 years old both going to school and activities. Our DH is starting her 4th yr contract. Once she took vacation in in April (end of school year, kids graduation, dry season) and once in summer (rainy season) when we take our annual holidays. She only wishes to go in April now.

- Is it by law written that employers pay for a return trip on a yearly basis?

- How do people do with their kids with a DH absent for 13 days during April? The year our DH left in April it was chaos as her replacement almost never showed up. Bringing children to school is manageable but then...?

- She lives in a country side and needs three days minimum to travel back and forth to her village. She asked whether traveling days could be extra yearly paid holidays which will bring 13 days to 16 days.. i.e. 3 full working weeks

I do not wish to say no but I am simply and purely lacking solutions and panicking really...

Any advise...?
Thank you so much

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Posted by Moppet (274 days ago)

You do not have to pay for her holiday at all and your helper is only entitled to stat holidays plus 1 weeks paid vacation a year. Personally i wouldn't expect my helper to manage on so few holidays and be anything but exhausted but that's just me.
Legally you don't need to pay for holidays home or give more than the week off but how it would affect your relationship with your helper is another matter.
Good luck

Posted by cd (274 days ago)

As moppet says, you don't need to pay for your helpers hoilday.
I think its fine for them to have 3 weeks, but it needs to be at a time that suits you, so tell her she needs to take her holiday when you do..