Au pair agency comes under scrutiny Company battles assertions it misled au pairs, offered poor training

The Boston Globe | November 21, 1997| | Copyright

CAMBRIDGE -- EF Au Pair makes a tantalizing pitch to the foreign teenagers it recruits for child-care jobs in the United States: Explore America, make new friends, and earn money in an exciting country.

The price of this dream year: 45 hours of weekly care for one or more children as young as 3 months old.

But EF Au Pair does not require certification in first aid or CPR. The company's safety instruction during orientation week relies on English-only videos and handbooks used by au pairs who speak many different languages. "When you compare what you were told before you came here, you are so ...

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