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[quote=Anonymous]Totally agree with the above poster that this is yet another thing that the agencies could improve on. Of course, if they were upfront with both sides, they would not get as many people to join the program.

They sell the program to us host families as very dependable and including at least a one-year term.  While I believe this often turns out to be true - the au pair really isn’t a contract employs vis-a-vis the host family.  While most agencies have you sign some sort of “agreement” with the au pair which often contains a term, there are not really any true consequences (between the au pair and host family) if either party ends the term early.  Rather, the consequences go back to the agency - for instance, if the au pair ends her term early, the agency usually won’t pay for her return flight, she may not qualify to be an au pair in the future, etc.  It is not like the host family would get any sort of compensation for their damages, other than the opportunity to enter the rematch pool.  Conversely, the consequences for the host family for pulling out early are usually a large (if not total) loss of the agency fee.  I think that this homesickness example highlights another problematic aspect of the agencies.  [/quote]

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