All San Francisco and California employees, regardless of their immigration status, including domestic workers, have the right to paid sick leave. Domestic workers include nannies or regular babysitters, house cleaners and home attendants
California Domestic Worker Overtime Rules
This download outlines overtime rules that apply to domestic workers in California who work in private homes. The overtime a domestic worker is entitled to depends on the type of work they do and how they are hired. To determine which rules apply, first identify what category of domestic worker your employee falls under: Personal Attendant,
California Domestic Worker Employer Legal Responsibilities
Home Attendant Work Agreement (Spanish)
Are you planning to hire a home attendant or want to improve your current employment arrangement? This guide will help you, organize your conversations, create clear and respectful communication, and create a clear agreement that outlines the relevant terms of employment.
Seattle Home Attendant Work Agreement
Are you planning to hire a home attendant or want to improve your current employment arrangement? This guide will help you, organize your conversations, create clear and respectful communication, and create a clear agreement that outlines the relevant terms of employment.
Connecticut Domestic Employer Responsibilities
If you live in Connecticut, and employ any of the workers listed below in your home, then you have legal obligations as a domestic employer. Nanny House Cleaner Home Attendant Chef Driver Household Manager Domestic workers have the following rights in Connecticut: Minimum wage: is $13 effective January 1, 2022. On July 1, 2022 it
400 Community Stories for $400 Billion in Community Investment
The care economy is not working for most of us. Older adults and people with disabilities who need support at home are struggling to pay for care or going without. Home care workers and attendants are underpaid and undervalued, with many leaving the profession for higher paying jobs. Family and friends are providing care without
Make United Pay: Disability Activist’s Wheelchair Destroyed by United Airlines
When you take a flight, you expect that you and your belongings will get to your destination safe and sound. It’s your right to know that you and your things will be taken care of. But too often, this same right isn’t afforded to people with disabilities. For Engracia Figueroa, a disability rights activist and president
How to be a fair employer during the coronavirus pandemic
We hope that you and your community are staying healthy, informed, and connected in these times. With news of the arrival of COVID-19 coronavirus to the United States in the last few weeks, all of us at Hand in Hand are following updates closely to know the best ways to handle the situation throughout our
Pilipino Workers Center
Pilipino Workers Center of Southern California is working to elevate the issues facing low income residents of L.A.’s Historic Filipinotown and Filipino workers, particularly domestic workers and caregivers. http://www.pwcsc.org/
