Before hiring a domestic worker, you should understand your legal obligations under federal, state and local law. All workers are covered by California’s wage and hour laws, regardless of immigration
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
400 Community Stories for $400 Billion in Community Investment
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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.
Make United Pay: Disability Activist’s Wheelchair Destroyed by United Airlines
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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
Care Work, Economic Recovery, & the Green New Deal
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A New York Caring Majority Town Hall with Naomi Klein, Ai-jen Poo, and our members. The work of caring for each other is the most important labor in our society.
Webinar: Make Your Home a Safer Workplace During COVID-19
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Domestic workers are the engine that keep many of our households running when we’re not in pandemic lockdown. As states begin to re-open and your relationship with someone working in your
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
Pilipino Workers Center
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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/