Hi,
I am new here and hope someone will be able to help. I have been registered as a childminder for some time but have only just started minding full time.
I recently took on 2 boys (brothers) 14 months and 3 yrs and the first 2 days i had them everything seemed fine i have the 14 month old 8am - 4pm and the 3yr old 8am-12.30pm then take him to nursery and then have him 3-4pm.
On the first 2 days they were collected 1hr and 15 mins late so i charged the mother for this and she was fine with it. She was due to pay me on the friday evening but sent me a text saying she didn't have the money and would pay on monday. She didn't pay me until 9 days later and the boys didn't attend. The came again on monday 8th may but i received a call from there mother at lunch time to say that there grandmother would collect the 14 month old at 2.30 and the 3yr old from nursery. I then got a call from her monday night to say the boys wouldn't be attending till the following week. I informe her that she would have to pay me full pay for the monday as she had let me know at short notice that they were being collected early and that she would have to pay me half pay for the rest of the week due to non attendance. Again she said she would come and pay on the friday and i still have not been paid. Then this week my daughter had to go to hosptial on monday which i had informed her of when we signed the contracts so i have not asked for payment for this day. She brought the boys on tuesday am and i informed her that i had been unwell and booked a docs appointment for tuesday pm as this was the only appointment i could get and asked if the 14 months old could be collected at 12.30 she said this was fine. There grandmother turned up at 10.30 am for them and gave me some verbal about messing her about and i informed her that i wasnt expecting them to be collected till 12.30.
She has not brought the boys for the rest of this week and i have still not recieved any payment from her. I received a call from the mother tonight informing me that she was not going to bring the boys again and that she isonly prepared to pay me £125. My rates are 3.50 per hour for the full time child and £3.00 per hour for the 2nd child. I have worked out that she owes me £150 and i also feel that she should pay something for the next 2 weeks as she is not fufilling the notice period of the contract.
Please could someone advise me where i stand on this.
Many Thanks
Linzi
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