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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]Labor laws apply to a typical employee, not a live-in resident who is living in your house with a private room and often private bathroom and eating your food, getting a free cell phone, car insurance, and other perks like gym membership and travel.

Department of Labor regulations allow for room and board to be deducted.  https://www.dol.gov/whd/homecare/credit_wages_faq.htm

This is how agencies came up with their "minimum" weekly salary.  Federal minimum wage minus 40% for room and board.

We live in the city in DC where our AP's private room and bathroom could easily rent for $1000/month.

If we find that future AP candidates are negotiating for higher weekly wages, we will probably go with a combination of after-care and college sitter.[/quote]

So is the above what APIA means when they say the following in their Program Support and Policies Doc?

Au Pairs on the au pair program are to be compensated by the host family at a weekly rate based upon 45 hours of child care services per week
and paid in conformance with the Fair Labor Standards Act (FLSA) [i]as interpreted and implemented by the U.S. Department of State[/i].[/quote]

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