CHILDMINDERS CLUB: Holidays - do you get paid???

[HellyBelly]

Another question.......how many of you do what NCMA recommend and charge for some of your holidays? If you do, how many weeks do you give yourself?

At the moment I don't charge for my hols but I just wondered what everyone else does.

Thanks

I do 2 weeks unpaid and up to 2 weeks paid (these are for emergancies like funerals)

I opted not to get paid for MY holidays and i have no limit on the amount or length i can take but i do have to give a minimum of 8 weeks notice. I do get paid for mindees holidays and also bank holidays.

I don't charge for my holidays, but I do charge when parents are on holidays and also for Bank Holidays. However, if I have a term time only contract I don't charge for any of the school holidays either.

I charge 1/2 fees for bank holidays and 1 week at easter & 1 week at xmas. I don't charge for any other leave I take.

I don't charge for my holidays or bank holidays but charge half fees for minees holidays. I also charge for school holidays even if chilren are contracted term time only, although I always tell parents that I am available if needed.

Hi there

I don't charge for my hols because most of the time the parents are using other care whilst I'm away. I don't charge for bank holidays either as I'm not available to work them. I give parents the 1st 2 weeks at half fee.

I have four weeks unpaid holiday per year. My parents often have to pay another childminder for those weeks if they are unable or unwilling to take the same holidays. I know several minders who charge full-fee for their own holidays, and I think this is unfair if parents are having to fork out more money to pay another childcarer.

I charge half fee for parents holidays, but would look again at contracts if they were taking weeks and weeks. I don't charge for bank holidays.

If contracts are term-time only, I don't charge during school holidays (I tend to have different children then anyway, so am lucky!)

I bet any parents reading this thread will be well-confused by now! If parents ring me (as a local vacancy co-ordinator) and want to know what the hourly rate is for minders, I try to explain that it's not just an hourly rate they should be considering - a minder with a lower hourly rate may well be charging for her/his own holidays plus outings with mindees etc., and a minder with a higher hourly rate might not be charging for other stuff!!

I take up to 4 weeks half pay a year.

Any my mums want that essentially I don't (such as odd days) or that they take at short notice is at full pay.

I'm pretty leniant though. mindees mum told me she wanted the first week in october off, so I agreed, so it's half pay.

My contracts are for term time only children. The school pickup I don't charge for but the younger one I charge a retention fee during the holidays at 25% of the fee.

I charge holidays for part timers but not full timers. I do this because alot of my part timers are one or 2 session a week which is not alot of holiday pay but i dont expect the full timers to pay for me then another carer or take time off.

I take 4 weeks holiday a year one parent is contracted to pay full fee for her 2 children i have part time (her choice completly i tried to put half fee on the contract but she insisted on paying full) for my term time only I don't charge as I take them in the school holidays and then the others are contracted to pay half fee