I'm self employed, just like the daycare lady. I am free to take off whatever holidays I want, and I am free to 'pay' myself for it. I am not able to go up to my customers of the previous week and say "Give me extra money for next Monday because I want to be paid for the holiday".

This is the difference between being self employed and being an employee getting paid an hourly or weekly wage. You can have one or the other. She should set her rates for the services she provides. Her customers are not her 'employers', they don't tell her how much to charge and they don't set her hours. They damn sure aren't responsible for writing an extra check just because a holiday is coming up next week. She can set aside her own damn money and 'pay' herself for her 'paid holiday'.

 

sure she's self employed. And if this is part of her compernsation, you can pay it, or find daycare elsewhere. Free market economy.

Just as you chage enough for your services to cover stat holidays when you do not work.

 

Yea, but I'm sorry, if a holiday happens to fall on a Saturday, Intel doesn't tell me "Hey, I know you don't normally get paid for Saturday's but since this holiday is on a Saturday, I'm going to give you an extra day of pay." WTF is THAT? It's ludicrous! Yes, pay your regular 3 days that you would normally pay, do NOT pay any extra.

 

Burn her place down and find another day care. Make sure the kids are out first, that could be messy.

 

If the holiday fell on a day when the kids when normally be in daycare, then I say that would be a fair request. Since your kids are never in daycare on Monday, then that request is a little off base.