DCK taking a few days vacation - payment question

[Rachael]

Yes it's clearer but I've never heard of such a policy where a parent who needs 3 days off day care is actually better off in terms of fees had they taken a full week.

So, one of your clients who just needs 3 days leave and comes for 2 days, has to pay 5 full days yet if they take the entire week, then they are paying the equivalent of 2.5 days fees? If that's correct, then what's to stop your clients booking the full 5 days leave and paying 50% rate even though they need only 3, then they can go elsewhere for 2 days and pay those fees - in total, they will pay you 2.5 days fees (50%) rate and a casual carer 2 days that they need and in total pay 4.5 days fees - they are way better off than paying you for all 5 days just because they need two.

You are missing out on that two days fees that they pay to a casual carer and your clients are having to have a back up/casual carer just because they don't need a full week off all the time.

Do your clients always have to take a Monday-Friday week? What if they are flying out for a week and the flight goes on a Wednesday - does that mean in order to have a week off from Wednesday to Tuesday, they must take the full two weeks at 50% charge or they have to pay 100% for both weeks because it's split over two calendar weeks?

Just picking a day care rate for the sake of example - let's say the fees in your area/your fees are $35.00 a day.

If a client wants three days off only, they have to pay you full rate of $175.00 for the week if they attend for the other 2 days. If they want the full week off, then they pay you 50% which is $87.50.
They are better off paying you $87.50 and finding a casual sitter for 2 days at $70 making their day care bill $157.50.

If your client only has 4 days leave entitlement, then bringing their child to you for just that one day of the week will cost them 100% rates at $175.00. Again, they are better off paying you 50% rate of $87.50 and finding another carer for one day at $35.00 making their day care bill for that week $122.50 instead of $175.00 with you.