Holiday payments

[angeldelight]

Hi Everyone

Can anyone tell me how they receive their holiday payments?

Some of my moms messed me about so much last year I am making sure it is going to be very clear to them this year on my next newsletter

For example -
If you had a child that is off all next week and they are full time with you when do you collect that weeks holiday payment? Do you receive it before they are off or do you collect it when they come back ?

Most of my parents last year paid it fine no probs , but I have the mom this year who always tries to pay me late and another mom who's wages always go in late to her bank so she tries to pay me late !!! I am really fed up of these so I'm putting my foot down in advance and preparing myself

I am thinking that if I receive payment when they get back from their hols are they going to say they can not afford it and say they have spent it all on holiday , leaving me short ?

Do you all say anything in your contract about holiday pay, I know they have to pay it and the parents know they have to pay it , but
"when" is the key word here, do you have anything in your contracts that says they must pay at a certain time

Sorry to be a pain this week you would certainly think I was a newbie far from it , just never had to deal with parents that I am dealing with at the moment and I'm not used to being tough
So thought I should get my act together and get tough

Thanks for listening everyone and for your support it does really help

Angel x

[heldraincloud]

H Angel

Youve made a very good point with regard to holiday pay, Im going to charge a retainer fee for hols, and have requested that all payments be made Monday in advance, so Im going to change my payment policy slightly, sayin that all monies due for pre booked holiday should be payed the Monday prio to the holiday........otherwise it would be deemed as late payment which would result in a late fee..........how does that sound??

Thankfully there s high demand for minders where I live so Im going to be quite strict with my business arrangements....if you new me youd realise how soft I am usually , so I will have to put all this in writing for the parents lol

Louise xx

[Pauline]

Yes I agree with Louise, get the money in advance. If not some might try to get out of paying after the holiday.

[angeldelight]

Thanks for that Louise and Pauline

I think your idea is good Louise so im going to do something like that

Thanks again

Angel xx

[mumisme]

Hi Angel,

It may not help you this time round, but for future it may. I have all my parents pay me 1 month in advance. This way if there are illness or holidays you know they wont be able to mess you about with payments.

If this is discussed in the interview and the contract is signed, then there shouldn't be any problems. Good luck

K.

[banana]

Hi Angel.

If parents go in holiday then I have to have the money in advance so for example instead of payment monday morning it has to be the friday before they go, so there is no excuse.

You would normally be getting paid in advance so why should it be different because they are on holiday?

good luck

xxx

[susi513]

i've put in my contracts that if the payment day falls during the holiday period then parent agrees to make their payment prior to the commencement of the holiday unless they are paying by standing order/childcare vouchers/online banking.