Calling all childminders

[Blulorry]

Hello.

I’m looking for advise as I’m due to use a new child minder for the first in around 1 weeks time.

I already have annual leave booked in for this year (not that I have anything fabulous planned). I discussed this with the CM that I will be using. From 6pm overnight stay and a local school run at near by where I live. So my holidays follow 1 week off in October, December & January. I asked her would I need to pay her still even for these weeks even though I don’t need her and she said yes. Is this normal?

Also with the Covid situation I asked her what we would do if my child was had to isolate or her. So if my my household had to isolate the CM said I would need to pay her. Is this correct?

If the CM needed to isolate she said she would want 15% of her weekly salary.

Experienced parents does this sound like a fair deal?

That sounds absolutely standard

Yep, all sounds standard

Yes that’s all correct you pay in full for any time off your child has sickness , holiday etc. Some childminders charge for there holiday and sickness and some don’t but there is no norm. I don’t charge for my sickness or holiday but I have advised parents I will be charging them their fees plus all others parents fees, for any isolation I have to do where they having knowing sent in there child when themselves or child is showing symptoms of Covid and they have not isolated then test positive and that they risk imitate termination of contract. You will be surprised how many cases like this I have read on national childminder and nursery sites.

Thanks for all the advise.

Your paying for the space she can't sell to anyone else. It wouldn't be fair for her income to be cut by a third or more everytime a parent had time off or child was ill....that could mean over 15 weeks of reduced income.
The 15% sounds very fair cmc have suggested 50% or less.