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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]The bill sponsored by Sen Kamala Harris (VP Elect) is already on the slate. 
https://www.congress.gov/bill/116th-congress/senate-bill/2112/text

There is a bill pending in DC too.

Simply stated, what is happening in today’s domestic worker market, including au pairs, is not fair or justifiable. That will hopefully change soon by law, like in MA. Until then, the only right thing to do is to voluntarily adopt the MA law standards or do better than that. Instead, many families have fought against these laws. That says something about us that we can hopefully change.
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Requiring breaks would kill the nanny industry.

Requiring minimum wage is fine, but domestic workers legally allowed to work wherever they want are already entitled to it.

Anyone who babysits for 8 hours or more for a week must have a contract, per this bill.  They’re also legally entitled to all of the legal protections.  Really?  If you have a teen babysit 6 pm to 2 am on New Year’s Eve, you think they’re entitled to the same legal protections as a nanny working 55 hours per week?  You think that a preteen mother’s helper who plays with kids for 8 hours per week needs a contract and legal protections?

We (nannies, working legally in the US) didn’t ask for this, and we don’t want it.[/quote]

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