The core of Opairly is task management and hour tracking. Here's how both work.

Creating tasks

As a host family, go to Dashboard > Tasks and create a new task:

• Title — what needs to be done (e.g., "Pick up kids from school")
• Category — childcare, household, cooking, education, or other
• Recurrence — how often the task repeats:
  • Daily — every day
  • Weekdays — Monday through Friday
  • Specific days — choose individual days of the week
  • Once — one-time task
• Time of day — optional preferred time
• Estimated minutes — how long the task typically takes

Tasks are templates. Each day, Opairly generates concrete task assignments based on the recurrence rules.

Completing tasks

Au pairs see their daily assignments on the Dashboard or Tasks page. To complete a task:

1. Find the task in today's list
2. Mark it as completed or skipped

Completed tasks are tracked with a timestamp and the user who completed them, creating an audit trail.

Tracking hours

Au pairs log their working hours on the Hours page:

• Select the date
• Enter the number of hours worked

The dashboard shows:

• Daily hours compared to the daily limit
• Weekly total compared to the weekly limit
• Visual progress indicators that change color when approaching limits

Dashboard overview

The main dashboard provides a quick view of:

• Today's tasks and their completion status
• Current week's hour total
• Upcoming tasks for the next few days

Both family members and au pairs see the same data — the dashboard is a shared view of the household's activity.

Explore more

• Calendar & Scheduling — view tasks in a weekly overview
• House Rules — set expectations for your household
• Leave — manage free days and leave requests
• Export — download schedules and rules as PDF or Excel