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[quote=Anonymous]She is through Cultural Care au pair. Hours are one issue Q1: I see, Because the Mom is home she will give her off the time the kids nap, getting her to work more hours in a day. Is that allowed? I know youre allowed to split the day for school but for naps?

A1: If the nap times vary from day to day and the naps are not at least two hours long, then it's against the rules to count that as off the clock. If the AP is effectively "on call" in case the baby wakes up early, that's also not off the clock.

Q2: She also has her working every weekend ( both days) and gives her a day and a half off mid week. She only gets one weekend off a month. IM pretty sure this is allowed but doesnt seem fair and in the spirit of the program if she is not off when her friends are.

A2: 1.5 days off per week + one full weekend off per month is within the CCAP guidelines.

Q3: This parents are going away for a weekend at the end of Nov and leaving the kids with the au pair for 2 days/2nights. Is this allowed?

A3: No. If the LCC finds out about that, it's grounds for being removed from the program.

Q4: She has her own bathroom but cant leave anything in it as its also the guest bathroom, not even her shower stuff.

A4: Super weird, but not against any rules I know of, probably because it never occurred to anyone that there needs to be a rule about that.

Q5: Are au pairs that live away from a metro supposed to have access to a car when theyre off?

A5: It is common practice for the AP to have car access, but some APs don't drive and some HFs don't feel comfortable letting their APs drive, so you end up with situations in which the AP needs rides from her friends to go out, or rides from the HF.

What you describe is a crappy situation. Some of it is not allowed, but a lot of it is allowed. However, the AP doesn't have to stick with this family. [/quote]

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