Terminating a contract
Discussion
The OH is a child minder, one of the parents has been hinting for ages that she can't really afford to pay the missus anymore (the missus is actually undercharging her!) and recently suggested that she'd be discussing with her husband at the start of september about one of them giving up work to look after the children themselves and thus terminating her contract but hasn't said anything definite.
They've had a disagreement about a minor issue which culminated in the parent bringing her children to our house discussing the disagreement and then taking her kids back home again.
Unless something changes it looks like she won't be bringing them back again. Her contract states that 4 weeks notice is required by either party to terminate the contract.
Should my wife put something in writing to her terminating the contract or is the onus on the parent to advise her that she wishes to terminate the contract?
My wife is due to be paid for the past month at the end of this week and has advised her ref the 4 week notice period as she expects to be paid for that as well.
I suspect that the parent is hoping that if she makes the parting acrimonious that my wife won't chase her for the money for fear of a complaint being made.
They've had a disagreement about a minor issue which culminated in the parent bringing her children to our house discussing the disagreement and then taking her kids back home again.
Unless something changes it looks like she won't be bringing them back again. Her contract states that 4 weeks notice is required by either party to terminate the contract.
Should my wife put something in writing to her terminating the contract or is the onus on the parent to advise her that she wishes to terminate the contract?
My wife is due to be paid for the past month at the end of this week and has advised her ref the 4 week notice period as she expects to be paid for that as well.
I suspect that the parent is hoping that if she makes the parting acrimonious that my wife won't chase her for the money for fear of a complaint being made.
To be honest - the legalities are the last thing I'd be thinking about here. Mums are the worst gossips around and childminding is very dependent on word of mouth recommendations. Personally I'd bite my lip and try to limit any possible damage to my reputation, no matter how undeserved it is.
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