Quote Originally Posted by kangaroomama View Post
Do you have anything that states that YOU must give notice if you decide to close your daycare, or in the situation where you become very ill and have to close, need to go on mat leave, etc ? It seems reasonable, but I am not sure how to word it so that it doesn't open me up to problems should I need to terminate with no notice.
In my sick day policy - it says as much notice as possible will be given for closure due to illness - the reality is that you cannot PLAN for some illnesses - you just wake up at 5am puking or worse 10 minutes before you are due to open it comes on This is the one CON of home based centre for sure!

My clients do not have to worry about mat leave on my end - I cannot have kids - however I am thinking that the bulging belly would be a give away to clients and I would be wanting to keep them in the loop of the plans for sure cause 'trust' goes a long way to having them work with you through a mat leave

Any other reason is the 10 days minimum notice on either of our parts - with the exception of a lay off where a client was not 'planning' that obviously I have always had many months notice of clients leaving the program so I can plan for it - and I would want to do the same for them in return should I be the one 'ending' things one day.

I would keep any reference to closures do to illness or what not 'simple' ...IMO stating that as much notice as possible will be given but unfortunately things of this nature are often not planned so that is about as much as you can promise to cover your butt!