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Secondtimearound Oops!! 05-27-2014, 04:04 PM
jodaycare I don't get paid vacation... 05-27-2014, 04:13 PM
bright sparks The same here except the 24th... 05-28-2014, 07:42 AM
5 Little Monkeys I don't take paid vacation... 05-27-2014, 05:30 PM
Momof4 At the end of Dec. I choose... 05-27-2014, 06:46 PM
Lee-Bee I get paid for 3 weeks plus a... 05-27-2014, 08:20 PM
mickyc no paid vacation time here. ... 05-27-2014, 09:59 PM
Busy ECE mommy 2 weeks paid vacation time... 05-28-2014, 05:52 AM
bright sparks You really need to see what... 05-28-2014, 07:46 AM
Lee-Bee I've only been doing home... 05-28-2014, 08:19 AM
5 Little Monkeys Lee bee, if you can find... 05-28-2014, 12:50 PM
mickyc I totally agree with 5LM! I... 05-28-2014, 01:03 PM
Secondtimearound Thank you for the advice !!! ... 05-28-2014, 10:56 PM
5 Little Monkeys Secondtimearound, I think... 05-29-2014, 07:47 AM
sandylynn I cannot imagine ANYONE... 06-24-2014, 06:36 AM
mickyc sandylynn--- NO NO NO NO NO... 06-24-2014, 08:53 AM
Secondtimearound It gets confusing sandylynn... 06-24-2014, 03:29 PM
sandylynn Hmmm....you are right... 08-05-2014, 12:36 PM
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    Oops!!

    So I was going over my contracts and noticed I have not addressed my vacation days ! I was wondering if I charge for my holidays or do you subtract the time you take off ?

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    I don't get paid vacation days, unless there is a stat day during my vacation. so over the Christmas break, I get paid for the 24th, 25th, 26th and jan 1st.

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    Quote Originally Posted by jodaycare View Post
    I don't get paid vacation days, unless there is a stat day during my vacation. so over the Christmas break, I get paid for the 24th, 25th, 26th and jan 1st.
    The same here except the 24th isn't a stat holiday so for me it is an unpaid day. If you were to name the date as a paid day off in your contract then it could be as such. I always take the 24th off because it is my sons birthday and he is in the shadows enough during the season as it is but as I don't get paid vacation, this is an unpaid day off.

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    I don't take paid vacation days...all unpaid. I charge a $10/day discount on stat days and am closed.

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    At the end of Dec. I choose my 3 weeks unpaid vacation for the next year, write a letter to the parents so they can book their holidays the same weeks with their employers if they wish. The other 49 weeks of the year full fees are due, no questions, nice and simple, whether they have stats, sick days, whatever the reason.
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    I get paid for 3 weeks plus a week at Christmas. I give 4 weeks notice by contract but I aim to give a lot more. I gave 2 and 3 months notice for the 2 weeks (separate weeks) I have taken off for the summer.

    It will depend on your area and your families if you can charge for vacation. Mine don't flinch at paying me. I can't imagine working so hard and not being paid for vacation!

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    no paid vacation time here. If I don't work, I don't get paid. It is what the majority of providers in my area do. I also started giving my families an incentive to take holidays - I charge them a reduced rate ($5 off) providing I get 1 month's notice of their vacation time. I just found that everyone sent their kids all the time (regardless if they had holidays or days off) or never booked holidays at all. I personally don't take a lot of time off myself (10-12 unpaid days spread out throughout the year) so just having the kids away at random times is a break to me. It has been working pretty good actually. I would love to get paid time off but I don't think it would go over very well in my area

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    2 weeks paid vacation time and 2 weeks unpaid, plus all stats paid. No reduced fees for kids on their vacation time.

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    You really need to see what the norm is in your area in my opinion. To allow yourself paid vacation in an area dominated by unpaid vacation time, may effect your spots from filling if equally good daycare providers will not charge for their time off. I personally have a hard time justifying having a parent pay for a service that is unavailable to them in addition to paying additional daycare costs for alternative care or having to take time off themselves which may be paid or unpaid time off depending on their employer. What self employed person gets paid vacation? I'm sure somebody can come up with an example but it is very rare. If it is the norm for a providers area, then fantastic but otherwise I don't think its okay to charge for time I am away.

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    Quote Originally Posted by bright sparks View Post
    You really need to see what the norm is in your area in my opinion. To allow yourself paid vacation in an area dominated by unpaid vacation time, may effect your spots from filling if equally good daycare providers will not charge for their time off. I personally have a hard time justifying having a parent pay for a service that is unavailable to them in addition to paying additional daycare costs for alternative care or having to take time off themselves which may be paid or unpaid time off depending on their employer. What self employed person gets paid vacation? I'm sure somebody can come up with an example but it is very rare. If it is the norm for a providers area, then fantastic but otherwise I don't think its okay to charge for time I am away.
    I've only been doing home daycare for 5 months now (though it had been the long term goal). I find that having the opinion that you don't deserve time off is a HUGE factor is whether you get paid time off. Sure your service is not available but it really should be no different than working for any large company. If I worked for a centre based daycare my service would not be available but I would still get paid vacation. I as the person working have earned that paid time off...that paid time off is partial reward for good service and partial recouping time to come back refreshed and ready to work better.

    Just because we are working in our own homes and do not have back up care for families does not mean we do not deserve paid time off. I understand that a lot of providers do not expect paid time off...and I understand that there are a lot of families out there that do not want to pay for time off. But I do not for a second believe we should not be charging for our vacation.

    I believe that if we are providing a quality service and giving our all then we deserve to have the same paid vacation as your standard employee at any company.

    We as home daycare providers are seen as 'babysitters' and people that just want to be home with our kids or just couldn't work elsewhere. For some home daycare maybe that is the only reason they are doing it...but I do believe that the large majority of us are in it for better reasons...whether it be a strong love and passion for working with children, a strong background (education and/or experience) and just plain talent and stamina.

    Until we expect respect and acknowledgment of all we put into our work then the rest of the population will not give it.

    I don't feel the argument that other self employed people don't get paid vacation fits this scenario. We are working with precious, live little children that will grow up to become an integral part of society. We are not working with tax returns, doing landscaping or cleaning peoples homes. I would think it is safe to say that the large majority of other self employed people have he ability to get up and go to the bathroom anytime they please, they can randomly take time off without having to coordinate with 5 families, they can have days where they slack off and put in half the effort. We don't have many of the luxuries that other self employed people have and we do deserve paid vacation as reward for the hard jobs we have.

    Off to pee while I have the chance before my 5 kiddos wake from morning nap...I may or may not get to pee again before closing time ;-)

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