“Or that is what they say, which I’m not 100% sure because we are in a ‘cultural exchange’ but we’ve SSN and pay taxes.”
Au pairs deserve better
Au pairs arrive in the United States, agreeing to provide childcare services to families in exchange for learning American culture.
Host families and au pair agencies have a duty, morally and legally, to live up to these agreements, not take advantage of vulnerable foreign workers.
Both the host families and au pair agencies engaging in these forms of labor exploitation and labor trafficking of au pairs deserve to face full legal accountability for their crimes.
