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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]We pay $10/hr with a minimum of 250/week regardless of schedule. So if au pair works 10 hours she gets $250 but if she works 45 she gets $450.[/quote] i Isn’t the stipend set by the agency? To answer OP, if you are going over 45 hours and doing it as a cash in hand type thing, I would pay her what you would pay a regular sitter. [/quote]

Minimum stipend is set by Department of State. There is no reason not to pay above the minimum which during pandemic has become the new standard. Negotiating stipend etc[/quote]
Okay, we don't pay over stipend. Never have. I don't know why this is the new standard. There are countries issuing visas again. If you want to pay over stipend, that is your choice, but it isn't a new standard.[/quote]

Actually it is. This is one of the results of the lawsuit: au pairs are supposed to negotiate for more pay. [/quote]

Errm. Not exactly. APs can negotiate for more stipend - but are also liable for taxes on any perks (phone, car, gym membership, car insurance, housing, etc) and the lawsuits were not nation-wide, it depends how AP service is defined under state law). For example, au pairs are NOT considered employees in NY, California, DC, etc. [/quote]

No. The lawsuit I am referencing *was* nationwide and was about antitrust (price fixing). You’re mixing that up with the labor law disputes. That’s a completely different thing. Part of the antitrust lawsuit settlement was that agencies must instruct au pairs that the stipend is only a floor and they can and should negotiate pay. Which smart au pairs now do and paying above stipend is becoming the norm. [/quote]

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