Au pairs the world over who have worked in the U. S. will be celebrating today after the news that they have been awarded a…
Au pairs the world over who have worked in the U. S. will be celebrating today after the news that they have been awarded a whopping $65 million settlement with recruitment companies based in America.
Being an au pair is plenty of hard work, looking after someone else’s children, often more than one, and taking care of them day in and day out while the parents work. The job often entails feeding the children and helping them with things like homework if the child is old enough, or changing diapers if they aren’t, and transport to and from school. It is also, fairly often, a thankless job, and for those who have worked in the U. S., apparently also a horribly underpaid one.
International au pairs who have been coming to the U. S. to work for the past nine years and suffering plenty of abuses at the hands of their employers are finally getting their own back.
