Is my daughter's employer being unreasonable?

[JackieBauer]

My DD was 21 on the 11th of April, her employer has said that she will pay her the new minimum wage from the end of the month not her Birthday, is this correct?
Also, she works in a creche, a new child has started and he should be "one on one", my DD was talking to his mother as he was born 10 weeks early and has a few problems, my DD's employer has assigned him to her and also another 2 babies (max in the creche is 3 babies per employee). I really don't think this can be right, especially for the child, it's not fair, my DD said her employer was getting some sort of government funding for this child too.

I'd suggest your daughter phones the Pay and Work Rights Helpline on 0800 917 2368. It's a government run helpline so should have all the correct information about her pay.

Don't know about the creche but what days are the other children in the creche. Is the one-on-one child coming on days when the other children assigned to her are not? Also, who said the child should be one-on-one. We used a childminder, so don't really know about creche settings but the setting should have policies (often on their website) which would be a good place to start. Could there be someone else coming in for the one-to-one, like a SEN specialist? So your daughter is assigned this child but isn't actually doing the one-on-one stuff? Just a thought.

Thank you purple, I need to ask my daughter all those questions, she rang me after work today absolutely shattered after having this lad and another 2 babies all day, my DD is not a SEN specialist so will ask her about this too. She said she spoke to the mother and was told that her son was having one to one care, I know I'm having second hand information off my daughter but she works so hard I just don't want her to be taken advantage of, she is such a softy and loves kids.
Will have a proper chat with her tomorrow and pass on the phone number, thank you

She probably needs to speak to her manager saying the mum has specifically mentioned one-to-one care for her son. If I was the mum I'd want to know if that wasn't happening and would have asked the creche for very specific information about the plan for one-to-one, who's doing it, what they'll be doing etc etc. I think your daughter just needs to ask for more information.

During settling in session the child gets one to one in ratio but when the child starts properly it's normal ratio in all nursery and childcare environments I've worked in.

I know nothing about the childcare but the employer is correct about the NMW if your DD is monthly paid.

It goes up from the start of the first pay reference period after her birthday, so if she is paid monthly that would be her May wage. If she's paid weekly or fortnightly it would possibly be earlier depending on the pay date.