Overview

• Maya arrived in France in October 2022 under an au pair agreement promising 25 hours of weekly childcare in exchange for a €340 monthly stipend, travel costs and room and board.
• Her employers in Marly-le-Roi allegedly forced her into 13- to 16-hour workdays, totaling up to 88 hours per week, with duties ranging from child care to household chores.
• Her compensation was paid in full only three times over 20 months and employers deducted travel and language course fees without prior agreement.
• Neglect led to a dental infection that required emergency extraction after she waited a month for treatment.
• She filed a human trafficking complaint with the Comité contre l’esclavage moderne and has taken her case to the Conseil des prud’hommes seeking contract reclassification.