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Last year I took over my friends home daycare while she was on maternity leave. She charged us money for the first month even though she never actually took care of my child, I did for that month. She didn't live in the same city at the time that the daycare was open and I was working in it. Now that the daycare has been closed for awhile she is trying to get money from us. Now my question is is she allowed to even do that even though she never took care of my child. I think it seems kinda weird for me to pay to watch my own kid. We did pay most of it but still owe a tiny amount
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If your friend paid you to watch the daycare, AND your child was regularly enrolled in the daycare (before the leave), I could see her charging you for the spot, just like she did for the others. If you watched the daycare for NO pay, then she wasn't right to bill you, IMO. -
It depends on her agreement with you. By law you should have been getting paid at least minimum wage by her. If she never discussed you paying for your daughter there was no agreement so you wouldn't have to pay, if you did discuss it but she was paying you less than minimum wage you could file a counter suit for wages owed or threaten to if it doesn't got that far. you can not agree to, and she cannot pay you less than minimum wage. If she was paying you fair wage and there was an agreement that you would pay tuition for your daughter you do have to pay. Your daughter took a spot in her daycare. Let's say she is only allowed 5 children and charges $200 per child, she would then gross $1000, generally not all of that would have gone to you as she would have to pay the expenses of maintains the daycare and pay herself as the owner. If your child is taking a spot and not paying she only has $800 to pay daycare expenses, you and herself.Comment
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I agree with Leigh.... I think this is two separate issues...
#1 You worked for her in her child care. I would assume that you two had an agreement in regards to what amount (total) she was going to pay you.
SHE owes YOU that ^^ money.
#2 Your child was a child that attended her child care for $x per day/week/month. (whatever your PARENT contract was with the PROVIDER).
YOU owe HER that ^^^ money.
Whether or not you physically watched your child while subbing her daycare has nothing to do with whatever amount you, as a parent owes the child care facility/provider for that service.
I would assume that when she hired you to watch her childcare that it included whatever children (related to you or not) attended (and paid for) space in her program.
So bottom line, I think you DO owe her whatever fees you would have normally paid the child care provider had she been the one working. Just because it was you working doesn't change the original debt.Comment
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This is one of the reasons why I would be hesitant to hire someone that had children enrolled in my program. I wouldn't hire someone with kids enrolled unless I had a CLEAR child care contract AND employee contract signed.
Whether you owe her money or not depends on your agreement with her.
If you regularly paid for your child to attend her daycare then that agreement stands regardless of whether or not she was the one to care for your child or not. If she would have hired someone else and paid that person you would have had to continue to pay to have your child cared for in her daycare.
I'm assuming that you and her came to some sort of an agreement as to what you were going to get paid for substituting for her while she was away. What was that agreement?Comment
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