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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]We need some more details:
What is current pay?
How much more is she asking for?
What does she say her reason is for asking for more? [/quote]

Current pay is $200/week. I think the au pair agency requires a $195/week.

She didn't specify how much more - just that she wanted more. I told her I would think about it. I think she's asking because she thinks we are well off and can afford it.

I was initially confused by this request because she's only been with us for 3 months. She's average at best.

My first thought was that I could use this to leverage getting her to do some things - such as play or interact with the kids (this rarely happens), do their laundry, and keep the kitchen and family room tidy. Right now, none of those things happen.[/quote]

She is perfectly entitled to negotiate her salary.  That was the entire point of the class action lawsuit.  The fact that she did it AFTER she got here, and given the other things in your post, you picked a bad one.

But again, if APs are working anything close to 45 hours, they are perfectly within their right (and it is reasonable) to expect more than $200.  I know many families that are paying double that for 45 hours a week.[/quote]

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