Stats and P/T??

[mom-in-alberta]

I have an interview this week for M-W full day care. They will be considered "permanent" part time, because those days are guaranteed for them. We discussed the p/t daily rate, they are good with it (times two, actually, for two kiddos).
But what about stats?? Considering so many of them fall on Mondays.
My full time fee includes stats, paid, and I am closed. All my previous part timers would never schedule on stats, so it was never an issue.
Do I charge a different rate each month, based on days actually used? I am a little concerned that this will open it up to not paying for sick days (theirs) and holidays. The whole purpose of having a "permanent" p/t position is that guaranteed income for me.
What do you think?

[Momof4]

According to my contract the stats that fall on a Monday would have to be paid by this client. I get the part-timer's schedules by mid month for the next month and mark my calendar and do my budgeting. In this case M&W are the usual days so they are all paid every month all the time no matter if there are stats, sick days or missed days for any reason. That's how my contract is worded.

[Inspired by Reggio]

....What do you think?

Clients in my program pay for the space they are occupying regardless of their 'attendance' in it including all stat holidays that fall on their scheduled day, all absenteeism due to the child's illness or family's vacation and all acts of nature beyond one's control (aka they choose not to come because the roads are too bad or a snow storm causes a power outage and the program has to be closed due to no power or heat and so forth) ... so yes they would pay for the stats that fall on Monday, Tuesday or Wednesday through out the year.

If this is a consistent part time commitment leaving you free to fill the Thursday Friday space I would suggest that you make sure you make it clear in your contract that 'Unfortunately due to ratio laws part time families cannot make up missed days on another day ~ additional days can be picked up at the regular daily rate only if space in the program is available' .... this way you do not have to deal with conflict later as some part time people seem to think if they miss a day and paid for it they should get to come a 'different' day in lieu ~ however IMO as this is not an option to 'full time clients' who are technically a more reliable source of consistent income it hardly seems fair to allow 'part time' clients a perk to do it plus if you have 5 children on all your other days they cannot come anyway .... if you are going to choose to leave that space open than you'd have flexibility than obviously to allow this practice ~ but IMO you'd need to decide if you want to 'offer' it or not and if you do how you are going to explain to 'full time' clients how it is fair that THEY have to pay for all stats and cannot make up the lost day at another time but the part time clients are being allowed to.

[monkeymama]

I charge for stats if their scheduled day lands on it. For example, their scheduled day is monday and stat is on a monday, they pay. Stat lands on Friday and they dont come Fridays, they dont pay. Have never been questioned about this policy.

[Spixie33]

I agree with the others. I have a permanent PT family who attends Mondays and Thursdays and when the stat lands on a Monday then they have to pay me because it was their scheduled day.
I have never had an issue with it.

[Sandbox Sally]

Same here. If your regularly scheduled care day falls on a stat, I am paid.

Question: If a client knows you are below ratio for the following, say, Thursday, what would you do if they asked for it in lieu of the holiday Monday? I had this happen to me once last year. The mom said, well I know you only have three on Thursday, so since I am paying for three days this week, why can't I send DCG on Thursday to make up for Monday when you're closed?

What would you do then?

[Inspired by Reggio]

.....What would you do then?

Politely explain to them that unfortunately the FULL TIME clients who had to pay me for the stat holiday as well do not get that perk to 'make up the day at no additional cost' so therefore it is not fair to offer it to a part time client. However if you would like to pick up an extra day at the FEE of X than you are more than welcome if you have things you need to do ~ I sure could use the extra income because having that Thursday space sitting open due to your part time schedule sure is eating into the daycare budget. It would be nice to have it filled for a week