Changing Hours for Summer

[daycarediva]

My incoming clients are all shorter hours of care (8/8:30-3:30/4)

The one client I have leaving in fall is 7-5. The parents are self employed and set their own schedule. I know they drop her off earlier than necessary. She will be my first drop off AND my last pick up, but it's her contracted times and within my 10 hour/day limit.

I am changing my hours effective 6/20 to 8-4:30. I am NOT opening early by 1-1.5 hours and staying open by 1-1.5 hours in the afternoon for ONE kid) It may change in fall, depending on which families I enroll in Sept. My own kids do not have school, so I am not already up/ready either.

When should I tell them? Two weeks notice? The last time I shorted my hours, everyone was contracted to pick up earlier so I just made it formal with a handbook update. This time it is a potentially 'this summer only' change.

[Blackcat31]

My incoming clients are all shorter hours of care (8/8:30-3:30/4)

The one client I have leaving in fall is 7-5. The parents are self employed and set their own schedule. I know they drop her off earlier than necessary. She will be my first drop off AND my last pick up, but it's her contracted times and within my 10 hour/day limit.

I am changing my hours effective 6/20 to 8-4:30. I am NOT opening early by 1-1.5 hours and staying open by 1-1.5 hours in the afternoon for ONE kid) It may change in fall, depending on which families I enroll in Sept. My own kids do not have school, so I am not already up/ready either.

When should I tell them? Two weeks notice? The last time I shorted my hours, everyone was contracted to pick up earlier so I just made it formal with a handbook update. This time it is a potentially 'this summer only' change.

I'd go with two weeks notice.

It's what I expect from them so I think it should be reciprocal.

I usually shorten my hours in the summer too and just add a blip onto the notice stating that previous hours "may" return to normal or may change when the school year resumes but that I will keep them updated as to changes as they occur.

I always use the thought process that just because I did X previously doesn't mean I always will. The needs of my clients as a whole change regularly and because of that, my hours etc may change (both temporarily and permanently) as needed too.