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                                                                        FAMILIES

Host family:

Host familes must treat their au pair as a member of the family.
  • Provide board & lodging (€54.13 wage deduction per week)
  • Treat au pair like a member of the family
  • comply with the WRC rulings: https://www.workplacerelations.ie/en/Publications_Forms/Domestic-Workers-in-Ireland.pdf
  • Time off to go to English classes
  • The responsibility of the host family to the au pair extends to a duty of care (as they would to their own children) and also to insure their inclusion in the family set up and activities (outings, dining, family events...)


Host family:
  • The host family will welcome an au pair for 6 to 12 months (or sometimes shorter) and will treat him/her as member of the family.
  • They will provide board & lodging (private bedroom with wardrobe & desk)
  • The host family must clearly explain to the au pair what is expected from her in terms of child-minding and light house work. Au pair should be given a weekly or monthly schedule.
  • Explain the house rules: use of the phone & internet, visitors, time off, weekends away

Au pair house work duties: The host family can ask the au pair to:
  • Keep the children’s bedroom & playroom clean and tidy
  • Wash, dry & iron the children’s clothes
  • Change, wash & dry children’s bed clothes
  • Empty & load the dishwasher
  • Tidy and sweep the kitchen & eating area after meals
  • Hoover living area once or twice a week
  • Cook for the children (lunch boxes, after school snack)
  • Help to prepare the dinner (peel vegetables, cook rice, reheat dinners...)
  • Keep her own area clean and tidy
  • Do her own laundry



The house work chores will indeed depend on the number and the age of the children. An au pair minding three children under 5 won’t be able to do as much house work as an au pair minding 2 school goers. Keep safety in mind too: it’s not advisable for an au pair to cook or iron when young children are under her supervision. 



Au pairs are not expected to:
  • Wash, dry & iron the parent’s clothes
  • Clean and tidy the parent’s bedroom
  • Clean the bathroom & toilet (other than a simple wipe after kids)
  • Clean the fridge, microwave & oven (other than a simple wipe after spillage)
  • Wash the windows & walls
  • Wash the car & gardening
  • Tidying the garage, attic
  • Spring cleaning
  • Weekly grocery shopping


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