{"id":5569,"date":"2020-07-25T17:35:09","date_gmt":"2020-07-25T17:35:09","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/aviancetechnologies.com\/blog\/blog\/the-great-au-pair-rush\/"},"modified":"2020-08-06T09:28:29","modified_gmt":"2020-08-06T09:28:29","slug":"the-great-au-pair-rush","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/aviancetechnologies.com\/blog\/the-great-au-pair-rush\/","title":{"rendered":"The Great Au Pair Rush"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>[responsivevoice_button rate=&#8221;1\u2033 pitch=&#8221;1.2\u2033 volume=&#8221;0.8\u2033 voice=&#8221;US English Female&#8221; buttontext=&#8221;Story in Audio&#8221;]<\/p>\n<h2>The Great Au Pair Rush<\/h2>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<div>\n<p class=\"css-158dogj evys1bk0\">Au pairs have reported working far more than 45 hours per week, and being berated by host parents; some have seen their food restricted, or their activities monitored by surveillance cameras. Afraid of being sent home early, many suffer in silence.<\/p>\n<p class=\"css-158dogj evys1bk0\">A Brazilian au pair in New Jersey who said she was verbally abused daily by her host\u2019s children and was \u201cbasically a maid,\u201d was afraid to ask for a switch. \u201cThere\u2019s a lot of stories about girls getting kicked out of the house when they ask for a rematch,\u201d she said.<\/p>\n<p class=\"css-158dogj evys1bk0\">When she reported the situation to her local agency counselor, she was told in an email to work things out or she would likely be sent home. Only after the host mom approved the rematch a month later, the au pair said, did the agency agree to facilitate a change.<\/p>\n<p class=\"css-158dogj evys1bk0\">These experiences are far from uncommon. A 2018 investigation by several labor-rights groups argued that the J-1 au pair program is a work program with little real opportunity for cultural exchange, and that au pairs should be protected as domestic workers.<\/p>\n<p class=\"css-158dogj evys1bk0\">\u201cThis is an employment relationship. The law has upheld that to be the case,\u201d said Roc\u00edo \u00c1vila, a senior lawyer with the National Domestic Workers Alliance, one of the co-authors of the report. In December 2019, a Massachusetts court ruled that minimum-wage laws applied to au pairs in that state. As a result, in Massachusetts, the weekly cost of a full-time au pair rose from the roughly $200 minimum stipend ($4.35 per hour for 45 hours) to more than $500 in weekly wages, after deductions for meals and lodging.<\/p>\n<p class=\"css-158dogj evys1bk0\">\u201cI think it\u2019s the sponsor\u2019s role to set the expectations of both the au pair and the host family,\u201d said Jean Quinn, the director of Au Pair in America, an agency. \u201cWhat we want are both families and au pairs to come with the right expectations. It doesn\u2019t do anybody any good if that\u2019s not the case,\u201d she added. \u201cI think we do a very good job at making it clear that this has to work for both sides in order for it to be a successful placement.\u201d<\/p>\n<p class=\"css-158dogj evys1bk0\">Also key to au pair protections, labor advocates and some host parents like Ms. Block have argued, are more government regulation, know-your-rights education for incoming au pairs, and a more streamlined system for complaints, independent of private agencies.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"post-item-metadata entry-meta\">\n<p class=\"has-background has-very-light-gray-background-color\">Disclaimer: Content may be edited for style and length.\u00a0<a class=\"newsium-categories category-color-1\" href=\"https:\/\/www.nytimes.com\/2020\/07\/25\/business\/the-great-au-pair-rush.html\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Story Source<\/a><\/p>\n<\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>[responsivevoice_button rate=&#8221;1\u2033 pitch=&#8221;1.2\u2033 volume=&#8221;0.8\u2033 voice=&#8221;US English Female&#8221; buttontext=&#8221;Story in Audio&#8221;] The Great Au Pair Rush &nbsp; Au pairs have reported working far more than 45 hours per week, and being berated by host parents; some have seen their food restricted, or their activities monitored by surveillance cameras. 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