She contacted Cultural Care and was soon answering a battery of questions about her English skills and her medical history. By the time she’d obtained all the necessary documents, paid the application fee and arranged her airfare, she’d invested close to $3,000 of her own money in the venture. She flew to New York, where she went to “a kind of school” with other au pairs for a few days of training in child care. The company provided her lodging and meals, but she received no pay for the training period. Then she was put on a bus to Boston, to the family that was awaiting her: a busy couple and their two boys, ages three and eight. Maria thought she knew what to expect; she and the mother had discussed her duties and her schedule beforehand. The program regulations state that au pairs can provide up to ten hours a day and a maximum of 45 hours a week of child care, with at least 1.5 days off per week, a complete weekend off every month, and two weeks of paid vacation. Maria’s contract specified that she would be paid $195.75 a week for her work. But she had… Read full this story
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