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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]Not the slave poster but it is obvious that many of you USE your AP's and you do not treat them with courtesy and respect.  From many, many posts, it is obvious that you consider them "The Cheap Help," and you can get away with a lot of crap because. US Federal and state labor laws are not applicable.  The no of hours should be changed to a max of 40 hrs (preferably 30-35 hrs/wk) and they should. Have two full weekends off per month.  They should only have to work Mon. - Fri and a max of 8 hrs per day and the extra 5 hrs should be paid at OT.  The AP program needs to be changed to the 21st century.  [/quote]

I'm sorry, WHAT? You do realize that many people with ft jobs work far more than 35-40 hours/week now, despite union regulations going into effect approximately a century ago. So bringing the AP program "into the 21st century" doesn't mean APs should automatically work fewer hours. That wouldn't work for the vast majority of people who choose au pairs. They are not "cheap help" - it is an entirely different program and I don't know many people who use it that way. [/quote]
NP. They're less than half the cost of an American nanny. So yes, they are cheap help.[/quote]

Only if you don't factor in room & board and you live in a place where you'd pay a nanny 70k/year which is pretty unusual. [/quote]
Then why bother?[/quote]

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