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Expansive...
Bottom line. They're gone. If they don't pay, take them to collections. Good riddance.
I'm sorry you had to go through this. It makes me shudder. What asses. I feel sorry for their next provider.
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thanks everyone for the support, I wish I had a bottle of wine to wash away the stress but this forum seems to work too
I was just thinking about the receipt.
Say they don't pay me on Friday, or ever. Am I legally obligated to issue them a receipt for the monies paid (they have been with me since February). What would you do/say if/when they come looking for one?
Either way I will make them wait until January before I issue it.
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I would say no. I mean, if they don't come by to pay you, how can you possibly give them a receipt? I put in my contract that, upon leaving my daycare permanently, a year end receipt will be provided once all remaining fees have been paid in full. Maybe a statement like that would be helpful in future contracts? I'd think it'd be pretty nervy of them to show up looking for a receipt without providing payment.
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same as cfred here. My contract states that all receipts will be given out at the end of the year or once a child leaves (for any reason) and all fees are paid in full. Do you have a late payment fee? If they don't pay Friday then your late payment fee should start to add up too. No payment, no receipt. I don't think you can legally withhold your receipt at income tax time but you can also wait until the absolute last day to send it out (isn't it the last day in February?). I imagine once they realize that you haven't given them a receipt yet that you will get your money. I had this happen to me once and I got my money because they wanted their receipts.
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My contract states that receipts issued on or before February 28th for the prior year or on the last day of fully paid terminated care.
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Starting to feel at home...
Wow. Just wow. You handled things great, a lot better than I would have!
I don't know if it's legal to hold a receipt for the money that they paid you up until now. I don't know that it's not legal either, but I would definitely look in to it. At the very least, there's would be the very last receipt that was issued, and I wouldn't be rushing to mail it either.
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Euphoric !
Originally Posted by kimg
Wow. Just wow. You handled things great, a lot better than I would have!
I don't know if it's legal to hold a receipt for the money that they paid you up until now. I don't know that it's not legal either, but I would definitely look in to it. At the very least, there's would be the very last receipt that was issued, and I wouldn't be rushing to mail it either.
I hope you are feeling much better now that they are gone KM and hopefully once Saturday roles around you can draw a line under this BS and never go through this again. Some advice, Change your contract over the weekend to all payments in advance on the Monday of each week. Give parents two weeks notice for the change and hand everyone the notice on Monday and ask them to sign a copy in agreance to the policy change. I honestly have never understood why people don't take advance payment, it just seems so obvious what the possible bad outcome could be otherwise.
I personally would not have argued with this parent. As soon as he started to raise his voice or speak ill of me in my house I would have immediately ordered him off my property. You have to take control of these situations ladies. My house, my rules, how dare you speak to me in this manner in my house, Get off my property now!
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Euphoric !
If a parent doesn't pay, can we not claim it as a "loss" to the business?
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I get paid in advance too and my contract states payment is due on Fridays by 5 pm for the following two weeks. I only accept cash or emt .... No cheques! I like Fridays so I'm not wondering and waiting plus I do my grocery shopping on the weekends and want the money in my account for that purpose.
I agree change your contract regarding notice .... Something like will give as much notice as possible. ..... I feel that these people were in breach of contract when they didn't have backup care .... They could have taken the day off but they wanted to prove a point to you .... The point was they they were in control .... But if they really couldn't take the day off cause they didn't have back up care ... Then what the hell are they doing today and tomorrow ?.... Point is parents can take the day off when it suits them .... Be thankful they are gone cause it would have never gotten better .
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I agree with everything the ladies have said. I think it was a VERY VERY big mistake to accommodate their ridiculous request. You should have stood your ground. I mean this in the nicest way but...grow some balls! Don't let people push you around like that and don't accommodate those kinds of demands otherwise you are basically saying that it's ok for them to treat you that way. Just because they pay your does NOT mean that you work for them! Definitely change your 7 days notice thing. The only time I give notice is when I take an actual vacation or long weekend off. Add to your contract that you can terminate without notice if parents are disrespectful etc. In the end you are going to be so much better off without them!
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