Nursery closing early Xmas eve and still paying

[purplehairrinse]

Aibu for being annoyed they are charging the whole day but we have to collect before 12?

This doesn't form part of their annual leave. It's a work day

Exactly.

I'm going to clear my deceased mother's house

I think it’s normal to pay for it. Very few people have a nursery that is pay for just what you use.

No I don't pay a term. I get an invoice that is for a term but I have my child enrolled 10 hours a day 5 days a week, 52 weeks of the year

What do you mean ‘exactly’? You said your child isn’t in nursery that week anyway, you don’t need the childcare

I'm being paid for a day I can't use? They are charging but not providing

You have posted other threads about your dissatisfaction with this nursery, yes?

Will Jacob Marley be able to find you there?

I, too, would object to being charged for a service that wasn't available.

It’s Christmas Eve, the staff want to get home to their families! Why can’t Dad pick him up?

Her kid isn’t in nursery the whole week
anyway

Those 5 days a week 52 weeks a year include the days the nursery is shut (bank Holidays, often between Christmas and New year, staff training etc). The fee takes that into account already.
As it takes into account the fact not every year has the same number of weekdays.

My nursery close early on Christmas Eve but they are returning the money.

No we aren't charged for days nursery is shut, including training days

Our nursery closes for two weeks over Christmas and New Year and we still have to pay

Exactly. All these people saying "nah, it's fine" - would you pay your hairdresser for an appointment she didn't carry out? Your window cleaner? Would you happily pay a lawyer a half day rate only for them not to do any of the work?

You'd run your diary to end at the right time

They have a half day finish. It's not unusual and would be in their timetable

Same argument as teacher's getting all that holiday... pay, and payment, is spread over the year

Nursery fees are averaged out over time. Ours was just a flat fee each month which was nice and easy for budgeting and payment.

Any days off or short days are accounted for in the overall charges. if they started adjusting for those days, it would simply mean an increase on other days. You would still pay the same total amount. It would just be more complicated.

its the same as my pay. I get a paycheck every week regardless of what if I work or if I’m on leave. My employer could just raise my salary and then not pay me on leave days. That would make it harder for me to budget and more complicated for the payroll office.

"all that holiday", most of which is unpaid, yet rather a lot of work still has to be completed.

i think this is fairly standard. I worked in a nursery over 10 years ago and on Christmas eve we gave the children lunch and then asked for them to be collected before 2pm at which time we closed. Nursery workers have family too.

Really, I thought you had no family. Do you also not have jobs? Happy for the owner to profit the money!

???

Our nursery is closed between Christmas and New Year but we still have to pay for those days even though they aren’t open.

Nurseries open on Christmas Eve?! Wow, I don't think there's any creches in Ireland that open that day, they ll close either Friday/Monday or Tuesday this year and the majority don't open between then and Jan 2 ( or the 5th this year given how it falls)