Au pair in America - my daughter's ordeal

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A father tells of the experiences of his daughter when working for a year as an au pair in the US. She was warmly welcomed in the US by the recruitment agency through which she had gained her placement, but soon found that the family for which she was to work had not revealed that their children had severe behavioural difficulties. She felt that she had little support from the parents, and was not paid the agreed weekly allowance of $100. She later moved to another family where she was well treated and appreciated.

Behavior, Au pairs

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Take a pair of gentle persuaders

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Kathryn Hamilton and Pamela Bhalla job-share the post of equal opportunities officer for the Bar Council. A major aspect of their work will be women's careers at the Bar as 322 pupils among 796 are women but only 17 out of 110 practising members are women. In Oct 1991 the Bar established a race equality policy to include training and all areas of practice. In Jan 1992 equal opportunities consultant, Dr Marie Stewart was appointed to prepare a code of practice covering race, gender and disability.

United Kingdom, Officials and employees, Social policy, Job sharing, Employment, Bar associations, Barristers, Employment discrimination, Race discrimination

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Not so much a work of art, more a pair of earplugs

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The new BBC2 series 'Date with an Artist' links 12 contemporary artists with 12 new clients, both famous and ordinary people. One of the six programmes in the series links artist Cornelia Parker, who is shortlisted for the 1997 Turner Prize, with Rebecca Stephens, the first British woman to climb Everest. The series as a whole analyzes the symbiotic link between the artist and the client. This goes against the modern trend for the artist and the client to rarely meet.

Portrayals, Artists

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