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I found I needed to be careful with this, as allowing the child of a staff member to attend for free or discounted was seen as giving her a pay increase above what the others were getting.  It needs to be thought through carefully and discussed at staff meeting if you don't already have it in your policy.  The rest of the staff need to be totally on board with whatever is decided, plus the Mum needs to know that her child won't be singled out for special treatment, and will be subject to the same sanctions as all the others if need be.  It's a tricky one with key groups too as the child will naturally gravitate to Mum, or want to be up on her knee at storytime or whatever.  

Good luck! 

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1 hour ago, Cait said:

I found I needed to be careful with this, as allowing the child of a staff member to attend for free or discounted was seen as giving her a pay increase above what the others were getting.  It needs to be thought through carefully and discussed at staff meeting if you don't already have it in your policy.  The rest of the staff need to be totally on board with whatever is decided, plus the Mum needs to know that her child won't be singled out for special treatment, and will be subject to the same sanctions as all the others if need be.  It's a tricky one with key groups too as the child will naturally gravitate to Mum, or want to be up on her knee at storytime or whatever.  

Good luck! 

Yes, I agree - we discussed it as a whole staff when we very first started

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I think there have been some new rules about this recently too, to make sure that any fees paid by staff do not come directly out of their wages as this may take them below the minimum wage amount and would be deemed as unlawful. (Just in case you weren't an HR expert!!! )

 

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13 hours ago, finleysmaid said:

I think there have been some new rules about this recently too, to make sure that any fees paid by staff do not come directly out of their wages as this may take them below the minimum wage amount and would be deemed as unlawful. (Just in case you weren't an HR expert!!! )

 

HR expert - definitely not!  Thanks for the heads up.  

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