How are the agencies responding to the settlement?
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Anonymous
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Heard CC has emailed. Can anyone copy and paste their message?
APC hasn’t come out with anything yet. |
Anonymous
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As you may be aware, Cultural Care Au Pair along with 14 other program sponsors are defendants in a class action case filed in Denver, Colorado related to the au pair stipend. We have always remained in compliance with the federal regulations and the allegations in the case are wholly without merit. However, in an effort to bring this long dispute to an end for the benefit of all parties, an agreement has been reached on terms to settle the case. At this time, this remains a preliminary agreement, and it will require the Court to approve the settlement terms after the conclusion of a notice period to the affected au pairs. This is, however, a very significant and positive step towards a resolution of this case.
It is important to know that the decision to settle a case like this is in no way an admission of wrongdoing. In fact, the settlement agreement explicitly notes that Cultural Care and the other sponsors continue to dispute the allegations. In addition, Cultural Care fought hard to ensure that the terms of the release of liability that the au pairs will agree to include host families in addition to Cultural Care. The State Department regulations continue to provide comprehensive protections for all program participants and the formula that sets the minimum weekly stipend remains unchanged. We hope that this has provided helpful clarity in the wake of some media coverage and distribution via social media that has occurred. Thank you for your continued support of our program. If you have remaining questions or concerns, please do not hesitate to reach out to our office directly. |
Anonymous
| Interesting I'm with CCAP and haven't received anything |
Anonymous
Me neither. |
Anonymous
I got that email. |
Anonymous
| I got the same |