HI - I'm a parent and I've disagreed with my minder over a charge, wanted to get opinions from other minders. (BTW, I have paid the charge even though I disagree cos I value her work and she's a GREAT minder. I don't want to fall out with her over this).
Here's the situation:
My child attends Tuesday, Wednesday, Friday during term time, and Tuesday, Wednesday in school holidays. (Not Fridays in holidays as Minder doesn't have a space available).
Minder wants to charge me for Easter Friday - but as a concession is "only" charging me my normal Friday rate (ie a before-and-after school fee), whereas she says she could have charged me for a full day.
My point of view: if this wasn't a bank holiday, just an ordinary school holiday, my child would not be attending and I wouldn't be paying her anything for that day.
I understand that she shouldn't lose pay just beacuse it's a BH. In effect by charging me (in addition to her normal Friday holiday mindees), she is earning MORE than she would normally.
I'm genuinely seeking opinions here, as me and the Minder are clearly viewing this entirely differently.
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