hi all i am new here,
i have some concerns regarding our current childminder and would appreciate some advice from childminders and parents . current c/m has been minding our daughter for 3.5 months now. but contract was only signed 2 weeks ago. at start 3 weeks into childminding we went on hols for 6 weeks, c/m asks us for a retainer, she asked us for full pay , we told her no, then she asked would we give her half if she kept place open , this we did and paid her half money. reflecting on this we shouldnt have bothered paying her as there was no contract in place. anyway its 3 and half months into her minding and she has taken 11 days of her holidays allready!! she gets payed full money for 15 days per year, so that leaves her only 4 days left. surely childminders have to earn their holidays as with anyones job ? if she takes all her paid holidays within say 5 months and after that she takes anymore days off then she doesnt get paid , right ? im concerned if she takes all her holidays and we or she cancels the contract can we the parents claim any of them paid holidays back off her ? also we the parents dont get any holidays off , i have talked to a few mums and they have told me that they get 2 weeks off per year for holidays. is two weeks off for parents the " norm " ? is it unreasonable to ask the childminder for 2 weeks off for ourselves ? a lot of questions i know but i am still learning and i havent a clue about childminding fees etc, by the way we are from northern ireland , uk . thanks in advance
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