good friday payment

**gailee** · 08-01-2008, 10:50 AM

hi i'm working out my payment(invoice i get paid monthly) for easter which isn't far away??
who works on good friday and do you charge more ?? i don't normally work good friday but this year i might if i'm need?? and i'm just wondering what other childminder do?? thanks gail

**sarah707** · 08-01-2008, 11:00 AM

I don't work statutory holidays or weekends... sorry!

**angeldelight** · 08-01-2008, 11:13 AM

I always work Good Friday and charge normal fees because it is not actually a bank holiday

Angel xx

son77 · 08-01-2008, 12:09 PM

Not a bank hol?

My calendar says it is & when I was in employment I always had the fri off as a bank hol.

I charge £6 per hour for bank hols if required.

**angeldelight** · 08-01-2008, 12:12 PM

Is it a bank holiday ?? Haha

Yes I suppose you are right because banks are closed that day and always have been

Just that I do not know one single person who gets the day off that day so I always get it in my head that it is not bank holiday

So now you have got me thinking now ?

I know for a fact that I will be working that day I have never ever charged extra

Does everyone else ?

Thanks for pointing this out

Angel xx

**Lou** · 08-01-2008, 12:14 PM

I dont work bank hols (which it is, my gosh you were wrong Angel ha ha )

I still charge though if its a day the child would attend, as all my parents would still get paid. no one so far has questioned this.

**angeldelight** · 08-01-2008, 12:15 PM

Hey Lou I am usually wrong I am blonde haha

You know now I think of it of course it is a bank holiday just that I never act like it is if you know what I mean

Hey they all owe me big time in late payments haha

Angel xx

**Wiggly** · 08-01-2008, 12:25 PM

Oh Angel - you do make me laugh. Of course it is a Bank HOliday and I certainly wouldn't charge normal rate if I was going to work it.

Wiggly
x

**angeldelight** · 08-01-2008, 12:27 PM

Right that is it then I am def going to charge for it hahaha

Seriously though we never ever ACT like it is a bank holiday here in Brum - it is the same as any other day apart from the fact you can have a hot cross bun that day if you want haha

I think this diet has affected my brain and it is only day 2 - god help me haha

Angel xx

**oakie dokie** · 08-01-2008, 12:31 PM

i dont work bh but i would charge double fee, as thats what i got when i worked a bh when employed, and my hubby gets paid double too for bh.

hazelx

**gailee** · 08-01-2008, 12:33 PM

people who work in retail don't usually have good friday off but i think they have either paid extra or have day in lieu?? one of my parents works in retail and she didn't have much time off at xmas so i'm presuming she want me to work?? and i was thinking of what to charge her if she came (like i said i don't normally work bank holiday but do charge)

**chubbymummy** · 08-01-2008, 12:36 PM

it's definatly a bank holiday. bank holiday's are when the banks are on holiday "just as it says" i don't work bank holidays so i don't charge 'cos it's my choice.

if someone wanted me then i double my fee!!

oh angel, after all these years you should be able to take a year off, claiming back all the late payments...lol

**berkschick** · 08-01-2008, 12:37 PM

I have it in my contracts that Bank Holidays are charged for regardless of whether the child attends or not. If I am required to work them then I charge double time, mainly to put the parents off cause I would rather not work them! I have also stated that Christmas day, Boxing day and New Years day are all classed as bank hols so I require payment if it would be a day where the child normally attends.

Love

Debbie

**manjay** · 08-01-2008, 12:38 PM

Originally Posted by Lou

I dont work bank hols (which it is, my gosh you were wrong Angel ha ha )

I still charge though if its a day the child would attend, as all my parents would still get paid. no one so far has questioned this.

Me too! I have always had Good Friday as a bank holiday but then I always did work in a bank! Lol

I do not work but charge if it is a contracted day. I have also put that I may work at my discretion for a massively inflated fee

amanda xx

**angeldelight** · 08-01-2008, 12:41 PM

I need help doing a letter everyone

I need to claim back all that extra money that I have not been charging over the years almost 18 of them - god !!! haha

Silly me !!!!!

Angel xxx

**manjay** · 08-01-2008, 12:47 PM

Originally Posted by angeldelight

I need help doing a letter everyone

I need to claim back all that extra money that I have not been charging over the years almost 18 of them - god !!! haha

Silly me !!!!!

Angel xxx

amanda xx

**Minnie Minx** · 08-01-2008, 01:46 PM

omg angel, what are like lol, just imagine if you could get all that back pay, you could probably afford a luxury holiday this year

xx

**Rubybubbles** · 08-01-2008, 02:02 PM

OMG Angel I thought I had it wrong, I've just givin out my hols for march as put 5 days due to bank hols on Good friday and easter monday!

haha

Glad I wasn't wrong, good luck with claiming it all back

Oh I don't work BH!! and don't charge!

**Rasharoon** · 08-01-2008, 02:13 PM

My policy states that if I'm needed, then I charge £10 per hour (more than double what I charge). Needless to say that as yet, nobody has requested my help - wonder why?
Doubt I'll be working Good Friday and Easter Monday so because they are a contracted day for a couple of my mindees, do I still charge a days money?
I always have a question and just want to be sure I've got it right?
Ta

**chubbymummy** · 08-01-2008, 02:27 PM

i don't work bank holidays and so dont charge as it is my choice not to work, however in my fees i have said i will work if needed but will charge double.

i do know alot of childminders that charge a normal fee and still don't work and they would charge more if they actually worked it.

at the end of the day........it's down to your personnal preference.