Hi there .. Sounds like a great idea in theory
Do you know what are the wider implications are ....
Hope you don't mind but these are a few questions I'd ask on behalf of the childminders ....
Would the Childminder become personally responsible for repaying overpaid amounts .. what process or processes could that involve and are any of them currently in existance ?
Would they also have to prove that they looked after the child for a set amount of days .. and what if the parent argued that ?
as an alternative ~ would it be better to try an introduce a system where the Childminder had a direct complaint route to the WFTC department to report parents that defaulted on their childminding fees ?
Maybe then, parents could be made aware from the beginning, that the childminders fees are a legal obligation that need to be fulfilled the moment a contract is signed to agree times & dates .. with the support of a complaints department who had the power to claim back that money .. I'd like to hope most parents would take on their own responsibility & realise that they need to pay up when it's required !