Article: Pay up, parents: childcare hoppers rort rebate

[Astrid]

I suppose the Centre itself benefits from submitting their usage statement and including the unpaid for days as they would be getting the CCR, so at least they get something for those days used.

Certainly agree that it is a poor business decision to allow a debt to become so large.

Maybe they could introduce a reporting system where families who don't pay their fee are forced to have the CCR paid to the centre rather than being able to claim quarterly.

[Jellyfish]

Seems a bit cheap to put all the blame on child care centres leniency... I mean, just because somebody could do this doesn't make it right or resolve their responsibility in the situation. Child care centre owners are people too and I don't think they deserve to be taken advantage of. Hopefully though; once bitten, twice shy.

[Cally]

There aren't enough childcare centres in Batemans Bay for people to do this, I find that comment from the director quite surprising.

[Astrid]

I don't think anyone is putting all the blame on the childcare centre, but they are part of it if they let debts go on for too long. It goes both ways, centres need to manage their incoming payments and parents need to do the right thing. If there is an issue with payments then discus the situation with the centre director.

I wish the article provided more background as to what has happened.

[briggsy's girl]

there are some centres that allowed people to pay less week by week on the verbal agreement that they would be paid the balance of the fees when the CCR was paid. it wouldn't take much for a parent/customer to do a runner on that. and realistically, having more than one child in care full time, 8k may not take that long to mount up

[Gigi]

wow, my initial thought on reading this, it reminds me of people who fill their car with petrol, then drive off. it's stealing.