Parent refuse to pay and taken LO's out my care with no notice

[danielle10392]

Afternoon everyone

I was looking after 2 children (siblings) and have been doing so for approx 6 months. The last week in July the Mum came to me and said the little ones would be off for 3 weeks in August. I explained that as stated in the contract i need 4 weeks notice for her to use any of the 2 weeks free holiday she is entitled to. She was not happy so i was very good with her and allowed her 2 weeks free with her just having to pay for the 1 extra week they wouldnt be here. It came to the day before payment was due and i received a txt saying she couldnt pay me at all as her work hadnt paid her (she is in the army). I tried to come to an agreement with her however explained i needed the fees as it was my income. Her response to this was 'well now you have no income as im not bringing the children back' I sent her a final invoice along with a letter in the post giving her 7 days to pay and i heard nothing from her. I phoned NCMA legal advice this morning and they explained they would send out debt letters to her. I just wondered if anyone else had been in this situation and what happened? will i get the fees one way or another?

Many thanks
xxxxxx

[jumpinjen]

Didn't want to read and run but no experience of this.... well done for being fair and firm, I sincerely hope you do get your money, unlikely that she wasn't paid if she's in the army!!!

Take Care, Jen x

[sarahjane]

Horrible situation, no advice as you have already contacted NCMA so hopefully they will help you sort it - however, having been in the army and married to someone in the army I can categorically say that there is no way that she has not been paid.

[WibbleWobble]

i was married to someone in the army and i agree....they always get paid!

i think she is pulling a fast one!

Wibble xxxx

[BuggsieMoo]

i was married to someone in the army and i agree....they always get paid!

i think she is pulling a fast one!

Wibble xxxx

I do knopw a few people who have been missed off the pay run so to speak (I'm a military wife) but there is a solution the advance of pay - if they are in the wrong, they have to pay her. However, she may have had a sub last month off her wages due this month and therefore her wages would be less whatever she owed. x

[brightstar]

NCMA have sent debt letters to my non payer, (£750), she has ignored them, so now they are preparing the court paperwork. I'm just waiting to see what happens next.

[WibbleWobble]

I do knopw a few people who have been missed off the pay run so to speak (I'm a military wife) but there is a solution the advance of pay - if they are in the wrong, they have to pay her. However, she may have had a sub last month off her wages due this month and therefore her wages would be less whatever she owed. x

I mustve been very lucky.....but having had experience of foul ups with the NHS and their pay i really should know better. And then again the army couldnt organise a drunken event in a brewery at times....if i remember rightly!


love Wibble

[BuggsieMoo]

Didn't want to read and run but no experience of this.... well done for being fair and firm, I sincerely hope you do get your money, unlikely that she wasn't paid if she's in the army!!!

Take Care, Jen x

It does happen, and frequently - however she is able to go to her pay clerk and ask for an advance of pay as she has not been paid. They will either take it off what they owe her this month or if she were to get paid double next month, off that. You'd be surprised how common this actually is - but there is a solution. She could follow this route - your payment would be late non the less but you would still get paid.

I got money back through the insurance with NCMA as they chased a non payer - as she is in the army, her whole future could be in trouble if she does not pay. The army does not look to favourably on debtors and bad ones at that.

xx