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Our very first chapter! Hand in Hand was formed in 2010 when domestic employers fought alongside domestic workers to win the New York Domestic Worker Bill of Rights, the first legislation in the country providing legal rights and protections to nannies, house cleaners and home attendants.

After supporting the passage of the New York Domestic Workers’ Bill of Rights  our New York Chapter has focused on:

  • Domestic employer education, ensuring that employers are following best practices to make their homes fair workplaces
  • Supporting domestic workers in their ongoing fight for legal rights and protections both on a local and national level
  • Building solidarity across race and class to support immigrant rights and fight gender and racial inequalities. 
  • Building the New York Caring Majority coalition to build the political power to fight for expanded access to affordable home care, as well as end the workforce shortage of NY home care workers by increasing wages to make home care jobs good, family-sustaining jobs.

Our membership base is always growing, and we invite you to join us!  Fill out this form to participate at our next meeting!

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Staff

New York City Chapter Staff:

NYC Lead Organizer: Tatiana Bejar

NYC Care Campaign Assistant Coordinator: Ximena Frankel

New York Caring Majority Staff:

New York Director and Strategic Advisor: Ilana Berger

Lead NY Caring Majority Organizer: Julia Solow

Hudson Valley Organizer: Gemma Calinda

Current Campaigns

Current Campaigns

NYC Care Campaign

  We are a growing movement of domestic workers, employers, parents, family caregivers, older adults, and people with disabilities working together to transform New York City’s care economy to one that is equitable and sustainable for all. Our Goals: Build

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Care Forward

In September 2021, Hand in Hand: The Domestic Employers Network, Carroll Gardens Association, We Rise, and The Worker Institute at ILR Cornell, launched Care Forward, an initiative that takes a neighborhood-based and restorative justice approach to addressing worker violations and

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New York Caring Majority

The New York Caring Majority is a movement of seniors, people with disabilities, family caregivers, and home care workers from across the state. We advocate for a more sustainable and just caring economy that will help all New Yorkers who

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Past Campaigns

Past Campaigns

New York Domestic Worker Bill of Rights

In 2000, Domestic Workers United (DWU), an organization of domestic workers across New York City, began organizing to pass the country’s first ever Domestic Worker Bill of Rights, to end the historic exclusion of domestic workers from labor and civil

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Expansion of Paid Sick Leave

Hand in Hand has long advocated for 5 days for sick leave as a fair employment policy in the home. On September 30, 2020, our organizing efforts alongside the National Domestic Workers Alliance paid off, when the Paid Safe and

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Intro 339

Passed in July 2021, Int. 339-2018 amends the NYC  human rights law to include individuals who employ domestic workers, providing workers protections against discrimination in the workplace, and coverage under the Pregnant Workers Fairness Act. The passing of this bill

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Employer Resources

Resources for New York Domestic Employers:

Best Practices and Laws:

Overview of laws applying to domestic workers and employers in New York

  • Domestic Employer’s Legal Responsibilities in New York City & State

New York City Paid Sick and Safe Leave Law

  • Hand in Hand Guide: Domestic Employer Obligations under  the New York City

House Cleaner Employer Resources:

  • Best Practices for Hiring a House Cleaner or Housekeeper in New York
  • Sample House Cleaner Work Agreement for New York Employers
  • Checklist for Employers of House Cleaners and Housekeeper in New York

Nanny Employer Resources:

  • New York Nanny Work Agreement

Health Insurance Resources: Healthy NY is subsidized by the state of New York.  An individual must have an annual income under $27,074 and a family must have an income under $55,000 to be eligible. There are many coverage options that range in cost from approximately $250/month for an individual without prescription benefits to $1,600/month for a family with prescription benefits. You should discuss with the worker in your home what percentage of the premium cost you are covering and how much you will share.

Research:

In February of 2020 the Safe and Just Cleaners Research Project surveyed 409 house cleaners in New York City and Westchester to examine working conditions in the industry.

Home Is Where the Work Is: Inside New York’s Domestic Work Industry, by Domestic Workers United & Data Center, 2006 Download Executive Summary, Download Full Report

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This #MLKDay, we are honoring Dr. King Jr.’s legacy by highlighting his call to “disobey unjust laws” that he wrote about in a Letter from a Birmingham Jail about the injustice of legalized racial segregation.

In 37 states, domestic workers are excluded from basic labor and civil rights laws that protect against harassment and discrimination and unsafe workplaces. Our labor laws have failed domestic workers, who provide such crucial care and support to ourselves, our loved ones and communities.

So today, we commit to disobey these unjust laws, as Dr. King Jr. had called for by joining with domestic workers who are fighting to end their exclusion from rights and protections and demanding access to care for all of our communities.
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This #MLKDay, we are honoring Dr. King Jr.’s legacy by highlighting his call to “disobey unjust laws” that he wrote about in a Letter from a Birmingham Jail about the injustice of legalized racial segregation.

In 37 states, domestic workers are excluded from basic labor and civil rights laws that protect against harassment and discrimination and unsafe workplaces. Our labor laws have failed domestic workers, who provide such crucial care and support to ourselves, our loved ones and communities.

So today, we commit to disobey these unjust laws, as Dr. King Jr. had called for by joining with domestic workers who are fighting to end their exclusion from rights and protections and demanding access to care for all of our communities.
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Just a friendly Friday #Reminder. We do this work because:
"Domestic work makes all other work possible" - National Domestic Workers Alliance

We are in this fight from state to state, city to city, and for a National #DomesticWorkersBillOfRights ✊
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Just a friendly Friday #Reminder. We do this work because:
Domestic work makes all other work possible - National Domestic Workers Alliance 

We are in this fight from state to state, city to city, and for a National #DomesticWorkersBillOfRights ✊
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Powerful piece from Dr. Patricia Campos Medina, a fierce leader in the labor movement and fellow fighter for the rights of #DomesticWorkers in the campaign for a Domestic Workers Bill of Rights in NJ, about the need to "support and elevate each other’s humanity . . . we must support laws like the Temp Workers Bill of Rights and the NJ Domestic Workers Bill of Rights that remove racist exclusions from labor rights for workers of color."

This year, we continue our campaign to WIN the #NJDomesticWorkersBillOfRights in 2023!
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Make it your business, get involved! Support migrants and those who want to unionize. | Opinion

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For those workers who cannot formally unionize, we must support laws like the Temp Workers Bill of Rights and the NJ Domestic Worker Bill of Rights that remove racist exclusions from labor rights for ...
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Thank you Hand in Hand: The Domestic Employers Network for all you do to put workers dignity and their voices upfront in all you do. It’s an honor to follow and support the leadership of your members and leaders. Onward! ✊🏽💯

We're going IG LIVE this Friday, January 13th at 9 AM PT / 12 PM ET, with special guest: Patti Maciez! She is the creator of billthepatriarchy.com, a creative project which provides women the opportunity to calculate the value of the work they do at home: “Whether it's cleaning, child care, cooking, emotional labor, household management or driving it all takes time and that time is worth something.”

Patti is also a member of Hand in Hand and an active facilitator of our My Home Is Someone's Workplace workshops. We will be chatting with her about the connections she's discovered between unpaid labor and our work fighting for the rights and protections of #DomesticWorkers.

Come on by our Instagram: @hihdomesticemployers on Friday and listen in!

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Were going IG LIVE this Friday, January 13th at 9 AM PT / 12 PM ET, with special guest: Patti Maciez! She is the creator of billthepatriarchy.com, a creative project which provides women the opportunity to calculate the value of the work they do at home: “Whether its cleaning, child care, cooking, emotional labor, household management or driving it all takes time and that time is worth something.”

Patti is also a member of Hand in Hand and an active facilitator of our My Home Is Someones Workplace workshops. We will be chatting with her about the connections shes discovered between unpaid labor and our work fighting for the rights and protections of #DomesticWorkers.

Come on by our Instagram: @hihdomesticemployers on Friday and listen in!

#BillThePatriarchy Art Patti
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It's 2023! Are you feeling that #NewYearNewMe vibe?

Many of us are making resolutions to keep us focused on living our values and growing into more intentional versions of ourselves. It's a great time to also reflect on our domestic employment practices. Are we being the best nanny and/or house cleaner employer we aspire to be?

The #NewYear is a great moment to reset the employment relationship in your home, as well as initiate or revise a written work agreement. A written work agreement is at the heart of establishing clear communication and ensuring shared expectations!

If you don’t have one yet, now is a great time to create one with the worker you employ. To get you started, we're here to help with sample work agreements! Check out our:
Sample Nanny Agreement: https://domesticemployers.org/resource/…

Sample Nanny Share Agreement: https://domesticemployers.org/resource/…

Sample House Cleaner Agreement: https://domesticemployers.org/resource/…

If you already have a written work agreement, the new year is a great time to consult it and see if it needs to be updated:

Have any responsibilities changed over the past year? For instance, did you ask the nanny to do some cooking as well? Or has the cleaner been doing laundry although that wasn’t in the job description when you first hired them?

Make sure these additional responsibilities are included in the work agreement. And if you haven’t added additional compensation for the work yet, now is a great time to remedy that!
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Its 2023! Are you feeling that #NewYearNewMe vibe?

Many of us are making resolutions to keep us focused on living our values and growing into more intentional versions of ourselves. Its a great time to also reflect on our domestic employment practices. Are we being the best nanny and/or house cleaner employer we aspire to be?

The #NewYear is a great moment to reset the employment relationship in your home, as well as initiate or revise a written work agreement. A written work agreement is at the heart of establishing clear communication and ensuring shared expectations!

If you don’t have one yet, now is a great time to create one with the worker you employ. To get you started, were here to help with sample work agreements! Check out our:
Sample Nanny Agreement: https://domesticemployers.org/resource/childcare-agreement/?ms=FB

Sample Nanny Share Agreement: https://domesticemployers.org/resource/nanny-share-agreement/?ms=FB

Sample House Cleaner Agreement: https://domesticemployers.org/resource/house-cleaner-work-agreement/?ms=FB

If you already have a written work agreement, the new year is a great time to consult it and see if it needs to be updated:

Have any responsibilities changed over the past year? For instance, did you ask the nanny to do some cooking as well?  Or has the cleaner been doing laundry although that wasn’t in the job description when you first hired them?

Make sure these additional responsibilities are included in the work agreement.  And if you haven’t added additional compensation for the work yet, now is a great time to remedy that!
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