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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]This is OP, Im not sure but I assume she is free to go somewhere for that hour. The Mom doesnt work so im guessing she comes up for the early afternoon and 'takes over' for that portion.
Today specifically She told me she had an hour off so I assume this is every day she works.
It seems wrong to me, because they really she is getting an 11 hour day out of her.
And she never gets any on the clock down time, which sucks when you have 2 little kids awake for your whole day. She is exhausted.[/quote]

Have her check her au pair handbook that the agency should have provided to her (not her host family's handbook, if one was provided) for the lenght of breaks.
If 20:05 is right in that CC requires a break to be at least two hours then the ap's one hour off should not be considered a break and she should not be working 11 hour days.
If the au pair handbook doesn't say anything about breaks, have her contact her LCC.

Even if she is free to leave the house during that hour there isn't really anything you can "do" in an hour - walk to the gym, train for 15 minutes, shower and walk back home? Run to the store, grab a coffee and run back home? An hour break with a SAHM is ridiculous.

No, with two young kids you don't really get any down time during the day. The only down time usually is when they nap but if she isn't on the clock for nap time... but of course most host families would like their au pair to do something sensible in their "down time" (kids' laundry, unload the dishwasher etc.) and even if they didn't you'd possibly have lunch. Being an au pair in a family with infants and toddlers is exhausting, that part is normal. As is being exhausted after being around little children for 10 hrs a day (especially if that's not something she is used to).

The host family is really, really stretching the rules. It's as 06:24 says... mom is a pia, the bathroom arrangements are petty, and this is how you make your au pair unhappy and willing to go into rematch (or home) rather than stay with you.
Yes, what they do is mostly within the rules but it's not a pleasant arrangement for the au pair.[/quote]

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