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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]Here is the US Appeals Court ruling detailing rejection of the appeal (Supreme Court also refused to hear the case):
http://media.ca1.uscourts.gov/pdf.opinions/17-2140P-01A.pdf

MA is now studying the au pair program to see if claims by host families have any merit. That study should be ready by January.

Meanwhile, some observations others shared from this process:

There is no simple solution to [the childcare] crisis, but we believe everyone will agree that creating a child care program that requires primarily young women from other countries to work for sub-minimum wages is not the answer.

As we join with other organizations to fight for longer-term solutions, we hope that there can be short-term solutions to ease the financial burden on host families that do not come at the expense of au pairs. The au pair program has many costs, particularly the upfront program fee of up to $10,000 that host families pay to the sponsor agencies -- almost as much as the families pay to the au pairs themselves. [b]The sponsor agencies are largely for-profit businesses and, in some cases are part of multinational corporations.[/b] These sponsor agencies profit both from the fees paid by families and au pairs. We hope that all stakeholders, including sponsor agencies, can be part of the conversation about making the program more affordable, while still compliant with the law.

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Bolded is a red herring. The nonprofit agencies don't have particularly lower fees.[/quote]

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