Think Uber drivers have it bad? Take a look at au pairs | Rosie Cox

Low pay and lack of rights for these workers amounts to exploitation. The government should interveneWelcome to the most unregulated labour market in Britain. Since 2008, au pairs have been specifically excluded from the legal definition of “worker” or “employee”: they have no right to the national minimum wage, they are not covered by health and safety regulations, there are no limits on their working hours and they have no legal right to holidays or any time off. In the