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No social distancing happening in my job

  • 28-05-2020 7:36pm
    #1
    LegacyUser
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 166,012 ✭✭✭✭


    I continued worjing throughout the lockdown. I'm a nanny working in a private home for a family. Over the past few weeks there has been no social distancing happening and there's more and more people coming and going to the house. My concerns are dismissed by the parents being adamant that there's no community transmissions happening. I'm not happy working because I have a vulnerable family member. Where do I stand?


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  • #2
    ILoveYourVibes
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 15,211 ✭✭✭✭ILoveYourVibes


    Hi Op.

    I don't know where you stand if you mean legally. Is there somewhere else you can ask?

    Yes you are in your moral rights to take them to task over it in my opinion though.


  • #3
    Caranica
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 10,205 ✭✭✭✭Caranica


    Childcare workers were not considered essential so technically you should not have been working. Even now we are not supposed to visit a house we don't live in, though that changes in the next phase. Unless you're a live in Nanny you're putting yourself in that position, not your employer.


  • #4
    B.A._Baracus
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 11,230 ✭✭✭✭B.A._Baracus


    no.social.dis wrote: »
    <Snip> Please don't quote entire posts. It clogs threads with duplicate text and makes it difficult to read for users on the touch site

    Hi op.
    Where you currently stand is between a rock and a hard place.

    As for legal advice? It can be deemed that you "chose" to continue working there. Dispute the reality you obviously need the money to live. Many many people are in a situation like you. Working in takeaways, butchers, supermarkets etc where they would rather sit at home, be safe and sit this out.

    Since the couple you are working for keep inviting people over there is really nothing you can do - except go on the temporary covid social
    welfare in which would you be even welcomed back when things get back to normal?

    This is a catch 22 situation now. If you ride it out you should have a job after this all ends while many will be looking for work as the covid social gets reduced and or gets cut and many are on the basic social each week.
    On the other hand the aspect of getting covid yourself, and more scary passing it on the someone high risk cannot be ignored.

    Sadly I cannot, nor anyone really can tell you what you should do. It's up to you at this point to make the best call for yourself.


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