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Do you pay Daycare provider for their holidays?

MonniehasMonniehas
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Hello..I need info regarding the subject. I go back to work next week and I just noticed that my daycare provider is taking off Xmas Eve, Xmas, the day after Xmas, New Years Eve and New Years Eve.  She still expects to be paid for the full weeks.  I don't think that this is fair since I will need to pay someone else to watch my DD.  I'm thinking of having my MIL watch her for the remainder of December and just start with Daycare in January.

 Do you have to pay your daycare provider for their holidays in which they chose not to work.  Is this common practice?

TIA!!!!! 

 

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Re: Do you pay Daycare provider for their holidays?

  • joelle&josephjoelle&joseph
    Most places yes.  Do I, no. 
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  • flyer23flyer23 member

    I get paid when I choose not to work on holidays, so I figure it's only fair to do the same for my child care provider.

    If you don't want to do it, then discuss it with your provider. But if she insists, be prepared to pay up or find another provider.

    Mommy to DD1 (June 2007), DS (January 2010), DD2 (July 2012), and The Next One (EDD 3/31/2015)

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  • alisonadaalisonada member
    Yes, we pay our provider for all "standard" holidays.
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  • Daisy22Daisy22 member
    I don't have my baby yet but every place we've been to makes you pay whether the baby is there or not even for holidays.
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  • luvmagoldnluvmagoldn
    I get paid for holidays - day care providers should too.
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  • FinnishPrincessFinnishPrincess

    our day care only takes off the standard holidays - and yes they get paid for them, and (as others already pointed out) I also get paid for them, so I don't mind "passing it on". I don't know of any centers around here that didn't have certain holidays that were paid.

    I look at day care as a fixed weekly expense, regardless of how much I use it every week (I only work part time, but I pay for full time - so as it is, I am paying a lot more money to the day care just to secure a spot for both kids AND to have the flexibility to work different days at work)

     

     

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  • bridetobe0jbbridetobe0jb
    yes we do.  It's definitely something to know during the interview process.  Our first DCP took off tons of time, full weeks at xmas, Thanksgiving, random "education" days, every Monday holiday they took the preceding Friday off, etc.  I also LOVED that daycare and was something I was willing to deal with. Our current DCP only takes 6 major holidays so we're lucky this year.
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  • SassystaceSassystace
    Yes, we do pay for holidays.  We also pay when we go on vacation.
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  • SBMBride406SBMBride406
    I don't know of any daycare providers that don't take paid holidays and have some paid vacation and sick days. It should be spelled out in your contract.
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  • itsmyturn2itsmyturn2 member

    We pay the same every week, no matter if they are open or closed or we are there or not. They don't close for weeks at a time, but do take the usual holidays.

     If I were you, I'd hold off and start at the beginning of the year, because I'd be annoyed to have to pay for 3 weeks this month and only use 1. Somehow the impact is lessened when you have been using them for longer.

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  • bksp1bksp1
    Yes I still have to pay for a full week even if DD isn't there.  Like the week of Thanksgiving.  I knew that Thursday and Friday she wouldn't be there but then she ended up sick and was only there for a half day on Monday and I had to pay for the entire week.  It sucked but what can you do?
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  • jlw2505jlw2505 member
    My kids are in a center and yes we do pay for the holidays.  It is no different than my paycheck - I get holiday pay even though I'm off for the day.  If my child is sick and not going, I still pay.  My center has started having a holiding fee of $50 if you are taking a weeks vacation rather than paying the whole week and you get a week free a year to use for vacation once you have been there 6 months. 
    Jenni Mom to DD#1 - 6-16-06 DD#2 - 3-13-08 
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  • Mrs.GreekoMrs.Greeko

    Uh yes. . . I get paid holidays off too. 

     My DCP takes all those days off, as well as Labor Day, Memorial Day, Thanksgiving, Day after Thanksgiving, 4th of July, and Veteran's Day (she's a veteran) and they are all paid as they should be in my opinion.

    She also gets a week of vacation paid per year. 

     This was all laid out in her handbook that she gave us when we interviewed her so we knew what we were getting ourselves into. . . And we agreed to those terms when we decided to use her as our provider.  If you don't want to agree to those terms find another daycare option.

    Mama to Lucy (7/06), Lexi (5/09), and Max (11/11) M/C 12/17/10
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  • mrshutchmrshutch
    We've used a nanny, home daycare and a center. All have paid holidays. It is frustrating because you have to pay for another provider if you're not taking vacation or sick days, but I agree w/ PP that I get paid for holidays, so DCPs should too. It's also just standard practice.
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