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[quote=Anonymous]Well...then there is this:

https://bluevirginia.us/2020/02/strike-all-exemptions-from-the-minimum-wage

What some fail to understand is that au pairs DO get pay that is based on the minimum wage. Their stipend accounts for all of the other benefits they get (room, board, car use, car insurance, phone, and SO much more) by allowing the total to be reduced by 40% to account for these costs.

So, au pairs get a stipend that is calculated at “minimum wage” x 45 x .60. They get this full stipend whether they work 45 hours or 20 hours or 5 hours or no hours each week. They may not work more than 10 hours a day. They must get 1.5 days off each week. They must get two weeks vacation.

Here’s the deal - raise the minimum wage. No problem. Just continue to account for the other benefits as part of total compensation. For example, if minimum wage goes to $11, the new stipend reasonably would be 11x45x.60 = $297. Again, that is a stipend that accounts for the benefits of room and board (and many other things) and is paid REGARDLESS of whether the au pair works 45 hours or 20 hours or no hours.

Enough with the nonsense of comparing this program to human trafficking, slavery, indentured servitude, etc. [/quote]

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