summerdawne
11-19-2015, 06:54 AM
Hello Everyone! I'm new here and have looked at a few of the posts but there are SO many :laugh: so hoping you can give me a few tips so I can get back to work and not spend my whole day here.. ha ha.
I've been running my in home daycare for almost 18 years. :no: Whew! I am going to be changing some of my current contract with some new updates and would **love** your opinions.
Currently, I allow parents to take 10 UNpaid vacation days a year. I classify these as sick days, vacation days or days they just don't want to go into work. I also take 2 weeks (10 days) PAID a year and anything above that (if we have to close more than those 10 days), I don't charge. I also don't charge if I take an unscheduled holiday etc off. So, basically, they get 10 free days off and so do I.. but it's hard on the pocket book. (for me. Not them!)
I'd like to go to having them pay 52 weeks out of the year.
Here's my question..1) If you do it this way, do you give a break? I was thinking they could have ONE unpaid day off for each day they are signed up for. (3 days daycare a week = 3 unpaid vacation days. 5 scheduled days a week = 5 unpaid days off).
Now here's my bigger dilemia.. 2) if you are getting paid 52 weeks of the year, how do you work your own time off? Do you set say.. 10 vacation days for yourself off paid and anything above that is unpaid? I'm stumped here. I want to be fair.. but.. I don't want to seem greedy either.
Thanks everyone!!:)
I've been running my in home daycare for almost 18 years. :no: Whew! I am going to be changing some of my current contract with some new updates and would **love** your opinions.
Currently, I allow parents to take 10 UNpaid vacation days a year. I classify these as sick days, vacation days or days they just don't want to go into work. I also take 2 weeks (10 days) PAID a year and anything above that (if we have to close more than those 10 days), I don't charge. I also don't charge if I take an unscheduled holiday etc off. So, basically, they get 10 free days off and so do I.. but it's hard on the pocket book. (for me. Not them!)
I'd like to go to having them pay 52 weeks out of the year.
Here's my question..1) If you do it this way, do you give a break? I was thinking they could have ONE unpaid day off for each day they are signed up for. (3 days daycare a week = 3 unpaid vacation days. 5 scheduled days a week = 5 unpaid days off).
Now here's my bigger dilemia.. 2) if you are getting paid 52 weeks of the year, how do you work your own time off? Do you set say.. 10 vacation days for yourself off paid and anything above that is unpaid? I'm stumped here. I want to be fair.. but.. I don't want to seem greedy either.
Thanks everyone!!:)