Normal Closing Times And Max Hours Per Day

[Checkinkids.com]

This is some really great insight. It looks like I'm going to add in the option to set late fees according to closing time or by total time spent. And add in a setting for the increment to calculate the fee - (like every 10, 5, 1 min). Thanks a lot for all of your input - this will help me build some useful software.

[frgsonmysox]

Right now I'm planning to do 9 hour a day contracted hours, with $10 late fee per 15 minute increment, to be rounded UP. So if you are 16 minutes late you owe $20, not $10.

[PitterPatter]

I have a question to all Day Care providers. Do you charge a late fee based on max hours per day or based on your closing time? What is your late fee and how do you enforce it?

I base it on my closing time. I charge $5 per hour late. Now I hand out coupon books with 2 of every coupon so they get 2 late fee waivers. I do have trouble enforcing it sometimes so if I don't get the fee paid, that parent gets no more favors /waivers from me and no more coupon books for Christmas or their B-days. My coupon books are worth $60 each in savings every year so if they dog me for $5 they lose $60 in a way. So far since Christmas 1 client has used 3 coupons and it's not even New Years yet .



.... I hate it when an old post pops up and I don't pay attention to the date. Oh well consider it an update.

[Christian Mother]

I have a question to all Day Care providers. Do you charge a late fee based on max hours per day or based on your closing time? What is your late fee and how do you enforce it?

I have a schedule for each parent. Each parent contract out between 8-10 hrs if they go over there contracted hrs they are charged $5 an hr starting on the very min. they go over. If I see that they are continually going over there hrs...we will have a meeting to adjust them. If I care for a child more then 10 hrs each day which is my max I charge $5 the min they go over. Now, if a parent is late based on that my closing time is 4:30pm then I will charge $5 the min they go over. Sometimes I will not charge specially if this parent has notified me of a emergency or if it was a scheduled lateness. Sometime they have a scheduled doctors apt or what not and it's only a few times every 6 mos and I can plan knowing that they will be late. I have no problem with that.