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Of the two sets of parents I work with both would get paid. One works for the state & the other is a teacher. In my husband's line of work (private company that does workers' comp, not through the state though) if they close due to the weather he would get paid too. The company looks at it as an act of God. Not the employee's fault & I see it the same way. It's not my fault the weather is bad, sort of like if your parent has a sick child & doesn't bring them. I still get paid then. However, I will likely only charge my parents who stay home at half the normal rate.
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THere are several businesses in my area that will get paid if their company shuts down due to no power, weather, etc....Comment
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I personally stay open, we dont do the preschool, or normal routines because the big kids are home from school. but I dont close. I shovel a path from my door to the street, not the whole drive and they can drop off if they feel the need. I dont care if they go home and shovel sleep or spend quality time with their spouse. If they get their weinie hybird toyota stuck stuck trying to drop off,... not my issue.
, But that is something I discuss when they call to see if Im open. I just tell them Im here, Ive shoveled but they need to decide if they can get here because I cant push them out. I do have a friend with a towing company though who may give them a break on cost. They park in the street instead of the drive. Ive got a full load today and we have no school for the big kids.
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Yeah, I have never closed either, but on bad snowstorms, ice storms I should!! The parents risk their lives and their children's then go home and not go to work!!!Comment
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but iowa, thats not your problem, they are going to risk their lives going out whether they bring them to you or not, shopping or whatever. You cant close your business in the attempt to keep families home. I figure, if they are safe when here, thats all I can do,... I cant make the parent smarter, only give them a place to put their kid. And to be honest, Ive never been in 'life threatening weather' in the winter, from living in northern MI in 1978, to living in northern maine, to here. The scariest weather I have found is spring tornado season in Indiana. and by the time its here, its too late so I just do what I can,.. while they are here. Thats all I can do.
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Why should a parent pay when the day care in closed?
I do not think a parent should be obligated to pay if the center is closed. In all cases at the parents work if they can not make it, they have two choices. If they have time available to take, take it, or not get paid.Comment
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While some of you may not have a child whose parents are in this boat, remember that somewhere, some daycare providers do.....
While everyone else is enjoying a "snow day" some people have to get the streets, highways, roads and city back up and running, and others who have to be at work to keep things on an even keel....the plow drivers, tow truck drivers, city workers, police, EMT's, prison guards, utility workers, furnace fixers, etc.
They can't just call in on a snow day, their presence is required so that tomorrow isn't a snow day, and the day after that, and the day after that....Spouse of a daycare provider....which I guess makes me one too!
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Totally true! I don't even really have a "snow day" policy. But both parents wanted to still pay me even though I don't require it. I told them they could pay me half instead of all. We do have a fairly large prison right down the road from us so it isn't out of the question that one day I may take on someone who has a job of the nature where you just don't close b/c the weather is bad. However, I think my point is I was still open regardless of whether the parent/s chose to go to work or not. Their work may have closed but mine did not! I still was open for business.Comment
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Ok. What about centers? When not only are the parents risking their child's and their own safety then you have to consider the employees. How do you make that decision to stay open or close? I would feel responsible if one of my employees or families got hurt on their way to daycare...We don't charge if we close due to weather but we do for holidays or if the child doesn't come.Comment
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here, we never get snow so when it comes, the whole city shuts down LOL...we are expecting from 9a-2p from 2-5" which is HUGE for us...so huge that LAST night ALL city schools were already canceled. I'm open but once it starts sticking badly to the roads (hoping by 10a) i will call the 2 parents that dropped off to come pickup...because i'm NOT being stuck with unruley kids because the roads r too dangerous to come get them...kwim?
which means tomorrow all will be closed too
but no, i dont charge if they do not comeComment
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I am open and I do get paid,even if I do not have kids, but I do have at least 2 ALL the time,no meter what,because those 2 my next door neighbors. and yes! it is very sad that some parents would not keep their child home just because they paid.Comment
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I never close for weather. If they make the call to go to work and wreck it's not my fault. They are adults and can make that call for themselves. I'm sure they are better drivers than I am anyway. I've put 1386 miles on my van in the last 7 years. I'm not about to decide for someone else that the roads are too badComment
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I stay opened as well I'm not the one that has to go out in it.Comment
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Although I charge no matter what I am in Connecticut and have never had to close because of bad weather.
I figure I'm not leaving the house and do not have to drive anywhere and I have had full time jobs that required me to go to work in inclement weather so I can appreciate a daycare provider still being open and able to watch my child. I have also worked at businesses that have shut down in cases of a state emergency and those businesses always paid me for those days.
If a parent does not have to work and chooses not to because the state has shut down or even if it isn't that severe and it is just a bad storm.. I am still open. If they choose to keep their child home - they pay.Comment
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