Using an Au Pair...
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Help Your Au Pair Settle In
When an au pair arrives to a family, everything will be new and they will be far from home – perhaps for the first time – and can be feeling very vulnerable....
How Much Notice To Give An Au Pair
Whether your au pair has had a welcome stay, or outstayed her welcome, there will come a time when you are contemplating giving her notice.
This is a tricky area...
How Much To Pay For Extra Hours
It is very common that at some time or other families would like their au pair to do a few extra hours for them. But how much should you pay them? Here we give you...
How Much To Pay Your Au Pair
One of the first questions families need to know when considering whether to have an au pair is how much to pay them!
The wage for an au pair is a very grey area and...
How to Attract an Au Pair to Your Family
When it comes to getting a good au pair, there are many things you can do to attract the best ones to your family. Here we give you tips from the...
Language Schools for Au Pairs
One of the principle reasons au pairs come to the UK, is in order to improve their English. In fact it is a requirement of the programme - and unless girls specifically...
Letter of Invitation for an Au Pair
Once a family has accepted an applicant and wants to invite them to be their au pair, they must then formally write to them to offer them the job.
What is a...
Paying Tax For an Au Pair
The question of whether you need to pay tax for your au pair rests on whether you are acting as an Employer or not.
Technically, au pairs fall into an entirely...
Replacement Au Pairs
There are generally two occasions when families may be seeking a replacement au pair:
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Because the au pair who...
Safety Concerns When Hiring an Au Pair
This is probably one of the most common concerns of anyone who is considering having an au pair to stay. And justifiably so, for it's true; au pairs...
Sample Letter of Invitation
When you have found the right au pair for your family, you will need to send him or her Letter of Invitation.
What is a Letter of Invitation?
The Letter of...
Speculative Au Pair Letter
When first approaching an au pair, they will expect to receive a family profile, recording basic details of the family such as name, location you live, when you...
The Au Pair Hand Over
All families who have had au pairs know that it can take at least a couple of weeks, if not a bit longer for a new au pair to settle in and get used to his or her new...
Visa Regulations For Your Au Pair
The issue of whether au pairs need official paperwork in order to enter the UK is something that strikes fear into the core of every family’s being. However, it need not...
What is a Live Out Au Pair?
When you first decide to have an au pair you must then decide whether you wish to have a ‘Live In’ or a ‘Live Out’ au pair.
Live In Au Pairs
Normally, au...
