Gosh, I’ve just read all through this thread and there seem to be some misconceptions and unknowns, not that I’m setting myself up as the fount of all knowledge because I’m not. However I will say that I understood that at the time that this DC incident occurred, nannies could only continue to work with a family if they lived with the family. Now there have been certain relaxations I believe nannies can work with their family again even if they don’t live with the family they work for.
The other thing I noticed was some inconsistency in understanding the difference between guidelines and laws. My son is a barrister and has both read, and explained to me very clearly, that the guidelines are only guidelines, and we are advised to follow them but not obliged. However there has been some legislation passed (in a hurry around the time of lockdown) and obviously following that is a legal requirement, so in other words we will be breaking the law if we don’t comply. I’m not sure which recommendations fall into which category, except the ones my son explained which are actually pertinent to him. At the time of the incident driving a long distance was against the law, except in essential circumstances. It was also against the law to stay overnight outside of your primary residence. It is still against the law to stay overnight outside of your primary residence, but we are now allowed legally to drive ‘longer’ distances to exercise, or visit our second home etc. I don’t have a second home so it matters not one jot to me, but my son does, and he has now visited it twice in order to check on it, but he has not stayed overnight as that is still illegal. He says he can’t break the law otherwise he wouldn’t be able to practice law.