New contract

[Momof4]

I have 3 paid personal days, no pay for my vacations.

[Manue]

Hmmm maybe I should think about redoing my contracts as well when they are up..... I have no sick/personal days or paid holidays.

[Fearlessbaby]

I have 7 paid sick days and 2 weeks paid vacation

[torontokids]

I don't have any either. I think mainly because I am a new provider and don't want anything to turn someone off when I am looking for clients but also because when I was a parent looking for childcare I did not agree with daycare providers asking for this because we would have to find/pay for alternate care. I don't know. It sounds like it is becoming the norm though.

[sunnydays]

Most parents have enough vacation/family days that they can manage between them and don't have to hire someone else. Some also have grandparents or other family members they can call on in emergencies. The ones who do not have any of these options don't choose me because they know right up front that they pay when I am closed. I almost didn't put any paid closed days in my contract either when I started because my experience when my son was in daycare was through an agency and we did not have to pay when the provider took a day off. Thankfully, I talked to many providers in my neighbourhood before starting and found out that most of them had paid vacation and sick days...so I put it in there and had no big problem finding families who were fine with it. However, if nobody else in your neighbourhood does it, it might be more of a problem.

I don't have any either. I think mainly because I am a new provider and don't want anything to turn someone off when I am looking for clients but also because when I was a parent looking for childcare I did not agree with daycare providers asking for this because we would have to find/pay for alternate care. I don't know. It sounds like it is becoming the norm though.