Paying CM's notice period...

[minko]

I've been sacked with immediate effect and so far no notice pay (am obviously contesting that thought he best I can hope for is 2 days pay which what I worked in a week).

Anyway, I owe the childminder for December. Do you think it is unreasonable of me to try and negotiate a slightly lower figure as she won't actually have to do any childminding...?

worth a shot

I am so sorry that you have been sacked, just before Christmas too, you poor thing

am so sorry for you.. bloody awful..

however if you have a contract with your cm then she has a right to be paid what ytou iowe her as she has bills too..iycwim,

your loss of income will also be hers as you wont need the place,, her notice period is for her to be able to fill her space and so not be out of pocket..

but its always worth asking isnt it?? good luck..

and ... if you still have to pay in full, you could still use the CM, so you can do some job hunting, visiting Citizen's Advice, house cleaning, preps for Christmas, or whatever else you want to do?

So sorry you've been sacked. My husband was on sick leave a few years ago and got a letter on Christmas eve saying he'd been sacked. He fought and won but I understand the stress!!

Putting that aside, it's worth asking if the childminder would prefer less children with less notice/lower figure but I personally (as a CM) wouldn't be able to give you that as I just couldn't afford to pay the bills (dh made redundant a year ago so need every penny).

So yes you could ask, but I'm totally with the last 2 posters and wouldn't hold my breath.

I really hope you find something. How horrible for you :(

Thank you for your support everyone. It has been a bit of a shock and I am very angry at my horrible employers (a 'friendly' family run business who are now slagging me off on Twitter). I was sacked as I had to work from home as my kids were ill and they thought that 'productivity was down'.

Have spoken to CM and negotiated a bit off her bill... was v. grateful as need all the money I can get for Xmas.

Can they sack you for that?

They can't just sack you like that! there's laws on it!

Unless you were still in your probationary period?

I was on a 6 month contract due to end in Jan. They made out in my sacking letter that there was no work for me to do and they'd unfortunately have to let me go. In reality they just got pissed off with me for reasons beyond my control - child illness etc. They might be in breach of contract apparently and I could go about suing them but I can't be bothered. I'm glad to be shot of them really...