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[quote=Anonymous] Maria’s local recruiter in Colombia demanded that Maria pay $1,500 in recruitment fees -- the equivalent of three months' salary in Colombia for a recent college graduate. A friend of Maria's in the United States contacted the U.S.-based au pair agency to complain about the local recruiter's fees, after which the agency convinced the local recruiter to reduce the fee to $500. Upon Maria’s arrival, her host family informed Maria that she was expected to work additional 60 hours per week, for which the host family would pay her $6 per hour for the 15 hours above the 45 hour limit. The host family also informed Maria that, in addition to providing over-full-time childcare, Maria would be responsible for cleaning the house. Maria complained that these demands violated the rules of the au pair program, and opted to leave the host family. Maria later met the host family’s replacement au pair, a young woman from China. The Chinese au pair informed Maria that she had been required to pay $5,000 by a local recruiter to participate in the program, and as a result, felt she had no choice but to stay with the host family despite the long hours, in order to recoup the fee.
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