My sister hired a Nigerian man to help her husband out at home with eating dressing some light excercise. By all accounts he did a great job and even when the husband went to the hospital, he would spend time there with him and be paid accordingly at a rate of $35/hour. She was paying him about $700 a week.Suddenly the husband passed away. The aide has asked my sister for $3000 to help him thru the next few weeks as he searches for a new job. It seems he feels entitled to some sort of severance pay. My sister feels he has become somewhat of a friend and would like to help him with some amt of money but 3K seems bit high. Has anyone had similar experience? Is severance pay a normal expectation?
Thank for your suggestions. Erik48
I have to agree that $35 is steep for what this man did. CNAs don't get that much working in NHs. $35 is like an LPN.
Was your husband's death sudden? If not, he shoud have been preparing for this eventuality.
When I had employees, the industry "standard" was 2 weeks. We have done more depending on extenuating circumstances.
I agree that he shouldn't have any trouble getting an new gig. Write him a nice reference letter and tell him to check out Care.com.
If the death was sudden, I'd be open to giving him $700 or $1400 bucks, but $3K seems steep -- and you are probably on a fixed income, the aid is not.
If he wants an all-cash gig, this is the risk he takes.