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When Au Pairs Plan In Advance Not To Complete Their Year

by cv harquail April 23, 2015
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Au Pair contracts, for both the au pair and the family, exist so that both parties are absolutely clear about what they can expect from each other. A Host Family pays an agency fee that they expect to cover 12 month of service. Indeed, knowing that you can amortize the cost of finding and training an […]

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Driven to the edge because my Au Pair can’t drive

by cv harquail June 28, 2010
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What happens when your au pair candidate says she can, but then it turns out she can’t? And, what if you said she didn’t really need to, but then you realized she did? When we consider the characteristics and skills we want our au pair to have, we usually think about what we or our […]

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If the Au Pair Agency failed in their “due diligence”, what can Host Parent do?

by cv harquail May 19, 2010
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Parents, here’s an emergency plea from a First Time Host Mom, who needs advice on dealing with an unhelpful agency. LCCs and area directors, chime in too, please! Hello! I have a problem w/ an au pair company (which shall remain nameless) and I am not sure how to handle it. We are a new […]

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