Childcare charges - does this seem right

MeganKate

gingin wrote: »

Honesty and decency perhaps?

???

Maybe you have too much money?

If a nursery is financially able to take 48 hours notice for 'illness' they they are financially able to take 48 hours notice for anything.

TBH I am dubious that a nursery has a 48 hour notice rule on illness ! hospital stays possibly, but not illness!

wifeforlife

I pay 100% retainer in a nursery! As far as I'm aware it's definately normal practise

gingin_2

MeganKate wrote: »

???

Maybe you have too much money?

If a nursery is financially able to take 48 hours notice for 'illness' they they are financially able to take 48 hours notice for anything.

TBH I am dubious that a nursery has a 48 hour notice rule on illness ! hospital stays possibly, but not illness!

If there are rules, I play by them. If I sign a contract, I abide by it. I wouldn't lie to save myself a bit of money, that would make me a dishonest person.

MeganKate

gingin wrote: »

If there are rules, I play by them. If I sign a contract, I abide by it. I wouldn't lie to save myself a bit of money, that would make me a dishonest person.

Oh how I love the holier than thou's on here

Well done, give yourself some brownie points, sure you will go straight to heaven on a speedboat...

I was, however, trying to make the point that it was a very strange rule, which (if actually true) could not actually be policed and would be very open to abuse.

gingin_2

MeganKate wrote: »

Oh how I love the holier than thou's on here

Well done, give yourself some brownie points, sure you will go straight to heaven on a speedboat...

I was, however, trying to make the point that it was a very strange rule, which (if actually true) could not actually be policed and would be very open to abuse.

Resorting to insults says more about you than it does me.

You didn't make a point in your original post, you just posed the question that someone should lie, I was saying that is wrong.

MeganKate

gingin wrote: »

Resorting to insults says more about you than it does me.

Touche!

MX5huggy

MeganKate wrote: »

Thats a strange one? why dont you say he is ill 2 days before you go on holiday?

In addition to what has been said about honesty, I live in community where people know when you are on holiday.

And how would you keep a talkative 2 year old from letting slip that he had been having fun not laid up in bed.

MeganKate

MX5huggy wrote: »

In addition to what has been said about honesty, I live in community where people know when you are on holiday.

And how would you keep a talkative 2 year old from letting slip that he had been having fun not laid up in bed.

I have no idea, but how can you know 2 days before that he is going to be ill?

As I said I am very dubious about this one, are you sure its not for hospital stays rather than illness? and if the illness went on for more than 48 hours, do you then not pay for the time after that?

Very odd!

Spendless

Yes, quite common within nurseries and with childminders. You could look for a childcare provider that doesn't charge a retainer. Some childminders may offer this. Wrap around care at my DD's school you just pay for the term-time use you are going to use ie breakfast and after school club and each holiday you book them in seperately for any sessions you require. The disadvantage with this is that they aren't open if school is suddenly shut for a burst pipe for eg, whereas a CM could take them home and aren't always open on inset days. Depends on how much flexibility you have within your job and what contingency plans you have in place as well as availability within your area as to whether this is an option for you.

onlyroz

I've got a termtime deal with my childminder but that was agreed at the start and is written into the contract. In any case I only use her for the afternoon school run 3 days a week and so I make up only a small fraction of her income. I imagine it would be different if I were using her to look after a pre-schooler full time. If my son is ill, or if I choose not to use her for a particular day, then I still pay her in full.

For my daughter's nursery, it is closed 4 weeks a year and we don't have to pay for those weeks. Otherwise, we pay 100% for all other times, whether she turns up or not.