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I like the idea of working the vacation pay into the weekly rate but around here, people look for a specific rate range and it will be harder to get them to understand that a higher rate/unpaid vacation is the same thing as a lower rate/paid vacation. Most providers around here do get some paid time off so I personally have never had a parent fight me on that too much because my weekly rate is still lower than some other providers.
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Sigh......
Would you buy a car, sign all the paperwork, take it home and then complain it didn't have a sun roof?
Why sign up for day care, do all the paperwork, bring your child and then whine about what you just agreed to?
If you signed the contract, you AGREED to pay her for her vacations. Done deal.
Always read the contract!!!!!!!! Most day care providers do not physically force clients to sign up!Comment
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Actually we all do want to complain just don't have any choice in the matter. I have always been in business for myself and have never had a paid sick or vacation day ever. Not saying that childcare providers don't deserve it but please to an extent. You are in a corporate office i'm sorry your home at your house all day. I pay my provider extra on holidays and would probably pay anyway but the fact all these vacation and personal days are expected is crazy. Easy for the lady that has no kids to judge when she has never had to pay for childcare herself. My provider acts like she is cheap nearly $300 a week which isn't to to bad but when you take into consideration all the personal, sick days and vacation days its not at all. Only people in the public sector get all those days off. Many of us that work in the private sector do not. Us people in Boston call it hacks. MLK off are you kidding me.Comment
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I don't mean to be harsh but the reality of it is that if you don't like it then find another daycare. Those are the rules for your current daycare.Comment
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You do have a choice - why not go to a different provider who doesn't charge for the days off?!?! Seems simple to me! And you are wrong about people who aren't in the public sector not getting certain days off - my DH works for a privately owned company & he gets all the nat'l/bank holidays off in addition to 5 weeks of paid vacation. For the record I don't charge for days I don't work but I do think I deserve it. If you aren't happy with the contract you signed find someone else!Comment
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I totally agree...there is always a choice. I personally did not charge for any days that the dck's were not in care when I provided childcare in my home. That was my choice to write my contract that way. Another provider may have paid holidays and vacations in thier contract. It is the parents' choice whether they wanted to choose me for childcare based on my contract. If you did not like the provisions of the contract, you should not have signed it and should have looked elsewhere for childcare.Comment
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This thread is starting to irritate me!!!
No need to go back and forth and drag on and on about whether providers "should" or shouldn't" take paid days off.
It all boils down to contract. READ IT!!!!!
Nobody forces a parent to sign a contract. If you read and signed it, then there is no room for argument afterwards.
It's very, very simple. If you signed, you agreed to it.Comment
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Exactly. If you failed to read it, that's your problem. If you had a big issue with some of it but still signed it.. that's your problem too. You could have kept looking for someone whose policies are closer to what you think is fair/right. You would pay less, but just remember.. you get what you pay for.Comment
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Well if it is in the contract that you signed then absolutley! I am sure she deserves the paid time off too!Comment
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Yep, absolutely legal although I dont do it that way. I dont charge for my vacation and 1/2 for theres. It may have been wedged into the contract/handbook but not in a clause by itself.
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Paid time off...
I DON'T charge when I take days off (except a handful of paid holidays) but I do charge if I am open and a child is absent (illness, vacation, etc.). My reasoning is that if I am going to take a weeks vacation I plan on not getting paid that week and budget accordingly, I also know that some of my parents will have to pay another provider so I do not want their expenses to be double. On the other hand I DO charge if they are gone and I am open. I figure they already budget their weekly daycare cost and paying me shouldn't be a problem if they plan a vacation, their child stays home sick or if grandma comes to town and wants to keep them for the day, etc. Another factor to this is that the state only allows me so many children. If a family says they are taking a week off I am not going to be able to find another family to fill that slot and make up the lost income. When I first started I didn't charge if children were sick, had vacation but then all of the kids got sick in one week right before Christmas....I couldn't afford the bills let alone Christmas presents. I have been debating charging for a few paid days off every year that are not paid holidays, my reason is because my family gets sick a few times a year and it is usually because a parent brought a sick child and exposed us (of course they masked the child's symptoms with Tylenol so I wouldn't know they were sick until mid day).Comment
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All about the overhead
Its not about how many days your child attends its about her operating a business five days a week. Once your child is enrolled there is an overhead to pay and if you are not paying your portion of the fee in full then the provider suffers.Comment
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