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[quote=Anonymous]Au Pairs will become the most expensive form of childcare so they will no longer be employed, plain and simple.

$15 an hour = $34,000 a year for full time plus overtime hours (above 40 even though 45 hrs is not considered overtime under the federal regulations so this is a conflict), plus $9k a year for the agency fee, plus higher mortgage for the extra room in your house, plus food, cell phone, transportation, class tuition, AND PLUS payroll taxes, potential worker's compensation requirements, possibly added health care requirements under the new rules.

They will be the same price or more as live-in nannies but will have all of the baggage of an AP, minus the professionalism of a nanny who looks at this as a career and likely a live-in nanny's experience, age, and maturity. Oh and you'll have to find a new one every 1-2 years and they won't speak English very well or potentially drive.

Yeah- makes it sound really appealing. APs in DC will be no more.

I truly think the Council did not know about this program or have any thoughts about it pre drafting. So we just need to educate. I'm hopeful with the example of New York's exemption. [/quote]

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