Au Pair Agency Fails to Reverse Arbitration Rejection on Appeal

Cultural Care Inc. failed to convince the First Circuit to compel au pairs suing the company for wage and hour violations to arbitrate their claims.

The company hasn’t shown it’s entitled to compel arbitration as a third-party beneficiary of an agreement within a contract the au pairs signed with a separate company, Chief Judge David J. Barron of the US Court of Appeals for the First Circuit wrote in a Wednesday opinion.

Cultural Care, a State Department-designated sponsor of the foreign exchange program that places au pairs with families in the US, is facing a class action by a ...