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Creche only open 2 days this week but still charging for full week

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  • 23-12-2008 2:28pm
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    dinneenp
    Registered Users Posts: 8,138 ✭✭✭


    Hi,
    Our local creche was only for 2 days this week (with closing at 3pm today) but they still charge for a full week.
    Is this standard, fair?
    I think it's very greedy.

    Cheers,
    pa.


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    Kashkai
    Closed Accounts Posts: 3,399 ✭✭✭Kashkai


    Standard practice in most creches as they state that they have to pay their staff each week regardless of whether your kids are there or not.

    About 6 years ago, also at christmas, my mother in law died and as a result I took some time off work to look after our daughter as my wife was naturally upset and was spending quite some time with her own family. Anyways, when I returned my child to the creche after her being away from it for 3 weeks, they enquired if she had been ill. I told them that my mother in law had died and so I was off work minding her and my wife. They said they were sorry to hear that but in the next breath reminded me that we owed 3 week's payment for the time that our daughter had been out of the creche.

    To them its a business and from time to time they will gently remind you that they usually have a waiting list of people who would be only to glad to have their child take your child's place in the creche.


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    IsThatSo?
    Closed Accounts Posts: 988 ✭✭✭IsThatSo?


    Yep, that is normal practice and has been since I had my eldest in a creche, 6 years ago now. Its no different to the way they charge you a full week if there is a Bank Holiday, you still pay them and they still pay their staff.


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    jhegarty
    Registered Users Posts: 6,440 ✭✭✭jhegarty


    Are there now 3 working days this week ?

    If they fancy Wednesday off I can't see why you should pay.


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    #5
    Plus 10
    Registered Users Posts: 137 ✭✭Plus 10


    Slightly off topic - whats your creche prices going up to next year - ours up to €1,085 (> 1 year) - very difficult to change!


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