Far out, she's getting a sweet deal!! What I'm seeing is: she gets paid for a full day til 5:30 even though they're usually picked up by 4 and now they *must* be picked up by 4:30 on Wednesday. She gets paid a full week even if she's sick. She's able to change days/times at no notice and still get paid. All their food is provided. Daycare centres would not get this at all.

What I reckon though, is someone's said to her "Hey, Monday's a public holiday anyway, you wouldn't have the kids anyway, Friday is additional to what you would have done so you should be paid for it." But really, she'd only be getting paid three days next week without the Friday. Seems like she wants what full time workers get - pay on a public holiday if you would have been working.

So really, if that's what she wants, write it up and treat it that way - no more full day's pay for less work, no changing on a whim. Good luck!