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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]Our daycare closes for all Federal holidays, as well as some religious holidays that we don't observe. [b]We don't get any Federal holidays off of work[/b], so this tends to be a big pain for us. Nevertheless, my question is that despite the numerous daycare holiday closings, we still have to pay the regularly weekly rate. The daycare is closed for a week and a half over the Christmas holiday, and we are still being charged. This is a LOT of money, plus a big pain because again, we don't have off this whole time. Does your daycare charge you for these vacation days? Thanks for your input! We are new to daycare so don't know how things usually work.[/quote]

really you don't get any federal holidays off?? No july 4th? Christmas? where do you work? I work for a private company and don't get federal holidays like Veterans day off but I get all the mayor ones and some floating. My daycare gives us a full list ahead of time so we know what days they are closed.

when we were at a home daycare she took every federal holiday and a week of paid vacation a year. For her vacation we found out 2 months in advance and always planed our own vaction for the same week. Did it sort of suck to pay for daycare for a week when we weren't using it? sure a little, but I also saw it as me being an employer and her as my employee. My employer pays me for vacations, sick days, federal holidays and days when there is no work for me. So I think it is only fair to extend those benefits to my "employee." I would also rather my daycare take a week of paid vacation then no time off at all. Everyone needs a break and people who care for children all day long are no exception. 
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You are truly a diamond in the rough to recognize the needs of your provider when you were using in-home. Not enough people out there realize that. it is all about what am I going to do now that X has closed for vacation, sick day, etc etc. my contract states parents need to make sure they have back up for those just in case times that I need to close due to emergency, sickness or when I am closed for vacation[/quote]

I don't think this parent is unusual (no offense meant to the PP); I think the parents who complain about paying for the daycare vacation days are the exception.  If you choose home daycare, you know you have to be prepared, because there is no automatic backup as there is at a center.  And everyone else gets vacation, so if an in-home provider takes reasonable amounts of vacation, in keeping with the same amount of personal days and holidays that most people get in their jobs, I don't see how this could be an issue.

I think where the problem may lie for some parents is that they think in terms of hourly pay vs salaried pay.  When you are paid hourly, you only get paid for the hours you work.  However, I think most daycare providers like to think of themselves as salaried, in which case you get a set amount and you work at least some minimal amt of hours, but usually more, until you get the job done, and you have paid holidays and personal days.[/quote]

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