Anonymous
09/07/2021 09:45
Subject: Aupair wants more money for extra hours
Anonymous wrote:Anonymous wrote:Anonymous wrote:Anonymous wrote:i Isn’t the stipend set by the agency? To answer OP, if you are going over 45 hours and doing it as a cash in hand type thing, I would pay her what you would pay a regular sitter.Anonymous wrote:We pay $10/hr with a minimum of 250/week regardless of schedule. So if au pair works 10 hours she gets $250 but if she works 45 she gets $450.
Minimum stipend is set by Department of State. There is no reason not to pay above the minimum which during pandemic has become the new standard. Negotiating stipend etc
Okay, we don't pay over stipend. Never have. I don't know why this is the new standard. There are countries issuing visas again. If you want to pay over stipend, that is your choice, but it isn't a new standard.
Actually it is. This is one of the results of the lawsuit: au pairs are supposed to negotiate for more pay.
The "standard" meaning what a typical family would pay. The vast majority pay $200 a week in the DC area.
Anonymous
09/07/2021 09:43
Subject: Aupair wants more money for extra hours
Whatever judgement you want to make, paying the $200/week is still the norm in our area. You can add trips and gym memberships, but negotiating higher than $200 only would work when there aren't enough aupairs compared to families. The visa situation is opening up and there really is no reason to pay above stipend unless you don't want to match with an aupair overseas.
Anonymous
09/06/2021 18:24
Subject: Aupair wants more money for extra hours
Anonymous wrote:Anonymous wrote:Anonymous wrote:Anonymous wrote:Anonymous wrote:Anonymous wrote:Anonymous wrote:i Isn’t the stipend set by the agency? To answer OP, if you are going over 45 hours and doing it as a cash in hand type thing, I would pay her what you would pay a regular sitter.Anonymous wrote:We pay $10/hr with a minimum of 250/week regardless of schedule. So if au pair works 10 hours she gets $250 but if she works 45 she gets $450.
Minimum stipend is set by Department of State. There is no reason not to pay above the minimum which during pandemic has become the new standard. Negotiating stipend etc
Okay, we don't pay over stipend. Never have. I don't know why this is the new standard. There are countries issuing visas again. If you want to pay over stipend, that is your choice, but it isn't a new standard.
Actually it is. This is one of the results of the lawsuit: au pairs are supposed to negotiate for more pay.
Errm. Not exactly. APs can negotiate for more stipend - but are also liable for taxes on any perks (phone, car, gym membership, car insurance, housing, etc) and the lawsuits were not nation-wide, it depends how AP service is defined under state law). For example, au pairs are NOT considered employees in NY, California, DC, etc.
No. The lawsuit I am referencing *was* nationwide and was about antitrust (price fixing). You’re mixing that up with the labor law disputes. That’s a completely different thing. Part of the antitrust lawsuit settlement was that agencies must instruct au pairs that the stipend is only a floor and they can and should negotiate pay. Which smart au pairs now do and paying above stipend is becoming the norm.
No - agencies were not required to indicate that they should be paid more than the stipend - they were instructed to indicate that they could ask for more than the stipend not that they should ask for more than the stipend. This is a huge difference. A dedicated car is compensation. A gym membership is compensation. The educational stipend is compensation. Car insurance is compensation. Paying for gas for non-kid trips is compensation. Plenty of people pay the stipend and the AP makes all kinds of calculations based on the living conditions (private v. shared bathroom), the number of kids, the certainty of schedule, etc.
People on this board will go to such great lengths to pretend they weren’t wrong SMH.
Anonymous
09/06/2021 17:55
Subject: Aupair wants more money for extra hours
Anonymous wrote:Anonymous wrote:Anonymous wrote:Anonymous wrote:Anonymous wrote:Anonymous wrote:i Isn’t the stipend set by the agency? To answer OP, if you are going over 45 hours and doing it as a cash in hand type thing, I would pay her what you would pay a regular sitter.Anonymous wrote:We pay $10/hr with a minimum of 250/week regardless of schedule. So if au pair works 10 hours she gets $250 but if she works 45 she gets $450.
Minimum stipend is set by Department of State. There is no reason not to pay above the minimum which during pandemic has become the new standard. Negotiating stipend etc
Okay, we don't pay over stipend. Never have. I don't know why this is the new standard. There are countries issuing visas again. If you want to pay over stipend, that is your choice, but it isn't a new standard.
Actually it is. This is one of the results of the lawsuit: au pairs are supposed to negotiate for more pay.
Errm. Not exactly. APs can negotiate for more stipend - but are also liable for taxes on any perks (phone, car, gym membership, car insurance, housing, etc) and the lawsuits were not nation-wide, it depends how AP service is defined under state law). For example, au pairs are NOT considered employees in NY, California, DC, etc.
No. The lawsuit I am referencing *was* nationwide and was about antitrust (price fixing). You’re mixing that up with the labor law disputes. That’s a completely different thing. Part of the antitrust lawsuit settlement was that agencies must instruct au pairs that the stipend is only a floor and they can and should negotiate pay. Which smart au pairs now do and paying above stipend is becoming the norm.
No - agencies were not required to indicate that they should be paid more than the stipend - they were instructed to indicate that they could ask for more than the stipend not that they should ask for more than the stipend. This is a huge difference. A dedicated car is compensation. A gym membership is compensation. The educational stipend is compensation. Car insurance is compensation. Paying for gas for non-kid trips is compensation. Plenty of people pay the stipend and the AP makes all kinds of calculations based on the living conditions (private v. shared bathroom), the number of kids, the certainty of schedule, etc.
Anonymous
09/06/2021 17:20
Subject: Aupair wants more money for extra hours
Anonymous wrote:Anonymous wrote:Anonymous wrote:Anonymous wrote:Anonymous wrote:i Isn’t the stipend set by the agency? To answer OP, if you are going over 45 hours and doing it as a cash in hand type thing, I would pay her what you would pay a regular sitter.Anonymous wrote:We pay $10/hr with a minimum of 250/week regardless of schedule. So if au pair works 10 hours she gets $250 but if she works 45 she gets $450.
Minimum stipend is set by Department of State. There is no reason not to pay above the minimum which during pandemic has become the new standard. Negotiating stipend etc
Okay, we don't pay over stipend. Never have. I don't know why this is the new standard. There are countries issuing visas again. If you want to pay over stipend, that is your choice, but it isn't a new standard.
Actually it is. This is one of the results of the lawsuit: au pairs are supposed to negotiate for more pay.
Errm. Not exactly. APs can negotiate for more stipend - but are also liable for taxes on any perks (phone, car, gym membership, car insurance, housing, etc) and the lawsuits were not nation-wide, it depends how AP service is defined under state law). For example, au pairs are NOT considered employees in NY, California, DC, etc.
No. The lawsuit I am referencing *was* nationwide and was about antitrust (price fixing). You’re mixing that up with the labor law disputes. That’s a completely different thing. Part of the antitrust lawsuit settlement was that agencies must instruct au pairs that the stipend is only a floor and they can and should negotiate pay. Which smart au pairs now do and paying above stipend is becoming the norm.
Anonymous
09/06/2021 14:32
Subject: Aupair wants more money for extra hours
Anonymous wrote:Anonymous wrote:Anonymous wrote:Anonymous wrote:i Isn’t the stipend set by the agency? To answer OP, if you are going over 45 hours and doing it as a cash in hand type thing, I would pay her what you would pay a regular sitter.Anonymous wrote:We pay $10/hr with a minimum of 250/week regardless of schedule. So if au pair works 10 hours she gets $250 but if she works 45 she gets $450.
Minimum stipend is set by Department of State. There is no reason not to pay above the minimum which during pandemic has become the new standard. Negotiating stipend etc
Okay, we don't pay over stipend. Never have. I don't know why this is the new standard. There are countries issuing visas again. If you want to pay over stipend, that is your choice, but it isn't a new standard.
Actually it is. This is one of the results of the lawsuit: au pairs are supposed to negotiate for more pay.
Errm. Not exactly. APs can negotiate for more stipend - but are also liable for taxes on any perks (phone, car, gym membership, car insurance, housing, etc) and the lawsuits were not nation-wide, it depends how AP service is defined under state law). For example, au pairs are NOT considered employees in NY, California, DC, etc.
Anonymous
09/06/2021 12:59
Subject: Aupair wants more money for extra hours
Anonymous wrote:Anonymous wrote:Anonymous wrote:i Isn’t the stipend set by the agency? To answer OP, if you are going over 45 hours and doing it as a cash in hand type thing, I would pay her what you would pay a regular sitter.Anonymous wrote:We pay $10/hr with a minimum of 250/week regardless of schedule. So if au pair works 10 hours she gets $250 but if she works 45 she gets $450.
Minimum stipend is set by Department of State. There is no reason not to pay above the minimum which during pandemic has become the new standard. Negotiating stipend etc
Okay, we don't pay over stipend. Never have. I don't know why this is the new standard. There are countries issuing visas again. If you want to pay over stipend, that is your choice, but it isn't a new standard.
Actually it is. This is one of the results of the lawsuit: au pairs are supposed to negotiate for more pay.
Anonymous
08/27/2021 10:07
Subject: Re:Aupair wants more money for extra hours
I asked my AP, who just started her second year with us. We pay the regular stipend and she said that all of her AP friends just get the regular stipend. If they get extra, it’s in perks like extra vacation or a gym membership. We have never paid over the stipend and have had several APs extend with us. Be nice, respect her time off, and make sure your kids are well behaved. You will have no problem attracting good APs with the regular stipend.
Anonymous
08/23/2021 13:42
Subject: Aupair wants more money for extra hours
Anonymous wrote:Anonymous wrote:i Isn’t the stipend set by the agency? To answer OP, if you are going over 45 hours and doing it as a cash in hand type thing, I would pay her what you would pay a regular sitter.Anonymous wrote:We pay $10/hr with a minimum of 250/week regardless of schedule. So if au pair works 10 hours she gets $250 but if she works 45 she gets $450.
Minimum stipend is set by Department of State. There is no reason not to pay above the minimum which during pandemic has become the new standard. Negotiating stipend etc
Okay, we don't pay over stipend. Never have. I don't know why this is the new standard. There are countries issuing visas again. If you want to pay over stipend, that is your choice, but it isn't a new standard.
Anonymous
08/23/2021 00:11
Subject: Aupair wants more money for extra hours
Anonymous wrote:i Isn’t the stipend set by the agency? To answer OP, if you are going over 45 hours and doing it as a cash in hand type thing, I would pay her what you would pay a regular sitter.Anonymous wrote:We pay $10/hr with a minimum of 250/week regardless of schedule. So if au pair works 10 hours she gets $250 but if she works 45 she gets $450.
Minimum stipend is set by Department of State. There is no reason not to pay above the minimum which during pandemic has become the new standard. Negotiating stipend etc
Anonymous
08/22/2021 21:08
Subject: Aupair wants more money for extra hours
i Isn’t the stipend set by the agency? To answer OP, if you are going over 45 hours and doing it as a cash in hand type thing, I would pay her what you would pay a regular sitter.Anonymous wrote:We pay $10/hr with a minimum of 250/week regardless of schedule. So if au pair works 10 hours she gets $250 but if she works 45 she gets $450.
Anonymous
08/22/2021 11:27
Subject: Aupair wants more money for extra hours
If you are talking above the 45 allowed hours, be careful. An AP can take this money for months and then call the LCC and claim they are being forced to work over the limit and get a host family kicked out.
Anonymous
08/22/2021 06:10
Subject: Aupair wants more money for extra hours
We pay $10/hr with a minimum of 250/week regardless of schedule. So if au pair works 10 hours she gets $250 but if she works 45 she gets $450.
Anonymous
08/22/2021 01:00
Subject: Re:Aupair wants more money for extra hours
You can give above the minimum stipend if you choose to, but you cannot pay extra for hours beyond 45.
Anonymous
08/21/2021 23:45
Subject: Aupair wants more money for extra hours
How much extra would you pay