x-mas gifts for babysitters/cleaning ladies??

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X-mas gifts for babysitters/cleaning ladies??

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amother ↓

Tue, Dec 22 2009, 2:16 pm

Just curious-
I have a lady that cleans for me for about 4 hours a week ($100) and babysits for my twins for 4 hours a week also ($15 an hour). She is really wonderful and we are very happy with her work. She has also done some extra babysitting for me from time to time for simchas and the like.

For x-mas I was going to give her a gift card of something in the $50ish range, but because she couldnt come to babysit this past week because of the snow (her kids were out of schools and she couldnt find a sitter for them), I decided instead to pay her usual weekly rate ($160).

When she saw the amount of my check she was very surprised (in a good way), but I told her the extra (because she didnt babysit) was my x-mas gift to her.

My question is: did I do right by her? I am so bad with this whole x-mas gift for workers thing....

flowerpower

Tue, Dec 22 2009, 2:24 pm

I don't know the halacha. I have a cleaning lady that comes 3-4 hours a week and gave her a little gift saying for the holidays.

Aribenj

Tue, Dec 22 2009, 2:25 pm

I give her a weeks pay.

Then again, shes been working for us for 7 years.

↑ amother

Tue, Dec 22 2009, 2:26 pm

I too say it's for the "holidays". If I remember, I try to give it on Chanukah. Sometimes I forget though and give it to her after Chanukah.

geemum

Tue, Dec 22 2009, 3:33 pm

I'm not sure yet what (cash/gift or combination of both) I'm giving my cleaning help, but my DH tells me not to say "for xmas" as we don't celebrate their holidays in any way. He said better I should give it after xmas, before new year and say its the new year and holiday gift/cash.

Ronit

Tue, Dec 22 2009, 3:46 pm

I gave mine on Chanuka. She knows it's our holiday.

I don't give gifts for xmas.

Annie

Tue, Dec 22 2009, 4:27 pm

in many places, a weeks pay is the usual for full time help. In the past when we've had a ft sitter, we gave her paid vacation days for her holidays, as that is what we couls afford.

myfriends715

Tue, Dec 22 2009, 5:47 pm

I give my babysitter a weeks pay ($420)

Ruchel

Wed, Dec 23 2009, 7:02 am

If it was done here to give, I would give holidays or end of year gift, NOT Xmas.

canadamom

Wed, Dec 23 2009, 8:09 am

I bought my cleaninglady a necklace ($20 range) and wrapped it and gave it to her on chanuka. I think a weeks pay is really, really generous!

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