Paulineetoile
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 |  Subject: ¤ "Contract" of the au pair ¤  Fri Feb 18, 2011 11:40 am | |
| ¤ "Contract" of the au pair ¤ The rights and duties of the au pair Salary and scheduleHere is what the U.S. State Department:
Wages and hours.
Sponsors shall require that au pair participants:
* (1) Are compensated at a weekly rate based upon 45 hours of child care services per week and paid in conformance with the requirements of the Fair Labor Standards Act as interpreted and implemented by the United States Department of Labor. EduCare participants shall be compensated at a weekly rate that is 75% of the weekly rate paid to non-EduCare participants;
* (2) Do not provide more than 10 hours of child care per day, or more than 45 hours of child care in any one week . EduCare participants may not provide more than 10 hours of child care per day or more than 30 hours of child care in any one week;
* (3) Receive a minimum of one and one half days off per week in addition to one complete weekend off each month
* (4) Receive two weeks of paid vacation .
_______________________ _______________________ ClassesHere is what the U.S. State Department:
Educational component. Sponsors must:
* (1) Require that during their initial period of program participation , all EduCare au pair participants complete not less than 12 semester hours (or their equivalent) of academic credit in formal educational settings at accredited US post-secondary institutions and that all other au pair participants complete not less than six semester hours (or their equivalent) of academic credit in formal educational settings at accredited US post-secondary institutions . As a condition of program participation, host family participants must agree to facilitate the enrollment and attendance of au pairs in accredited US post secondary institutions and to pay the cost of such academic course work in an amount not to exceed $1,000 for EduCare au pair participants and in an amount not to exceed $500 for all other au pair participants.
The au pair should take some courses in an institution of higher education, up to 6 credits or its equivalent. Those 6 credits do not correspond to a specific number of hours, but this is typically only a few hours (~ 2 hours) per week.
For the au pair can attend these courses, the host family must repay up to $ 500.
The classes are often selected English classes (ESL Français = as a Second Language), but not necessarily.
These courses can be taken in a university, community college, a language school or other institutions.
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