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tenderhearts 08:45 AM 07-29-2010
I'm trying to follow my own contract and not let things slide too much with people who like to take advantage of me. So I'm trying keep things straight. I redid my contract and things look good. Here's my question, I started a new family about a month ago, their contracted hours have changed along with a "special arrangement" (I didn't totally stick with my contract), would you redo the payment sheet with the "new" hours and put what the special arrangement is and have her sign a new one? My husband thought I should keep it verbal that I was getting to percise, but I said people always try to take advantage of me, I put an addendum on the new page stating what I told her. so what do you think?
nannyde 08:56 AM 07-29-2010
Is the "special arrangement" more hours and no more money?
kendallina 08:58 AM 07-29-2010
I would give her the addendum. You may regret it later if you don't. There is nothing wrong with being "too precise". 
tymaboy 09:02 AM 07-29-2010
I agree you need to have a paper trail on everything.
tenderhearts 09:05 AM 07-29-2010
Yes, in my contract if a day exceeds 10 hours then there is an additional daily rate, well being they are "struggling" I said that I would help them out so I am not charging her the full additional daily rate but still charging a fee. Some weeks it may not happen and other days it may. In my contract if it exceeds 10 hrs per day the fee is $5.00 per day, So basically I said if it's just a 1 or 2 days per week I wont charge her but if it's more then I will charge her $12.00 per week (I split it in half to help them out since it wont be for a long time) or $5.00 per day which ever is less.
nannyde 09:39 AM 07-29-2010
Originally Posted by tenderhearts:
Yes, in my contract if a day exceeds 10 hours then there is an additional daily rate, well being they are "struggling" I said that I would help them out so I am not charging her the full additional daily rate but still charging a fee. Some weeks it may not happen and other days it may. In my contract if it exceeds 10 hrs per day the fee is $5.00 per day, So basically I said if it's just a 1 or 2 days per week I wont charge her but if it's more then I will charge her $12.00 per week (I split it in half to help them out since it wont be for a long time) or $5.00 per day which ever is less.
A ten hour day is very long. I wouldn't make ANY exceptions for less money after that. You will be surprised at how easily they conform to your max hours when the money is so high not to.Yes, in my contract if a day exceeds 10 hours then there is an additional daily rate, well being they are "struggling" I said that I would help them out so I am not charging her the full additional daily rate but still charging a fee. Some weeks it may not happen and other days it may. In my contract if it exceeds 10 hrs per day the fee is $5.00 per day, So basically I said if it's just a 1 or 2 days per week I wont charge her but if it's more then I will charge her $12.00 per week (I split it in half to help them out since it wont be for a long time) or $5.00 per day which ever is less.
I do nine hour days. Anything over nine hours is five dollars an hour. Don't have a single taker on that ever. The five dollars an hour is paid EVERY week wheether they use it or not. They have to schedule it and pay for it every week.
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MarinaVanessa 10:07 AM 07-29-2010
Originally Posted by nannyde:
A ten hour day is very long. I wouldn't make ANY exceptions for less money after that. You will be surprised at how easily they conform to your max hours when the money is so high not to.
I do nine hour days. Anything over nine hours is five dollars an hour. Don't have a single taker on that ever. The five dollars an hour is paid EVERY week wheether they use it or not. They have to schedule it and pay for it every week.
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Pretty much the same for me except I do 10 hour days instead of 9 but anything after that is $5 an hour if it was arranged previously. If they're just late then it's $5 for every 15 minutes or part of.A ten hour day is very long. I wouldn't make ANY exceptions for less money after that. You will be surprised at how easily they conform to your max hours when the money is so high not to.
I do nine hour days. Anything over nine hours is five dollars an hour. Don't have a single taker on that ever. The five dollars an hour is paid EVERY week wheether they use it or not. They have to schedule it and pay for it every week.
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tenderhearts 10:29 AM 07-29-2010
Thanks, I prefer not to do a child more than 10 hours, I feel so bad for a child that has to be here that long. I didn't know this upon them signing with me the beginning of July, I dont' think she really did either. She was on her two weeks with her current job then starting a new one, well her old job asked if she could come after her other job because she would get off at 3:30for awhile, and since they have had some financial setbacks they needed the extra money. In all my daycare years I open at 6:30 close at 5 will stay open until 5:30 but just started doing that anyways no one has ever used me more than 10 hours, most of of my clients are here max 8-9 hrs per day, most are less though. Some how (they are young) when she took this new job they classified it as full time from 7:30-3, so she thought she was getting paid for 8 hours and only needing to work 7, then found out she is loosing that hour each day plus her hour lunch so she's now she changed her hours for 6:30 and isn't picking up until almost 5:30, she said that on the weeks her husband isn't out of town, which she said shouldn't happen too often he'd pick up about 3:30 or 3:45.
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