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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, housecleaners 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
  • Supporting immigrant rights by demanding an end to family separation and other anti-immigrant policies
  • Fighting for expanded access to affordable home care, as well as an end the workforce shortage of NY home care workers by making home care jobs good, family-sustaining jobs.

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

Staff

Staff

New York Director and Strategic AdvisorIlanaBerger

Lead NY Caring Majority OrganizerJuliaSolow

NYC Lead OrganizerTatianaBejar

NYC Organizer and National Social Media ManagerXimenaFrankel

Hudson Valley OrganizerGemma Calinda

Current Campaigns

Current Campaigns

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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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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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 our

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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:

Best Practices and Laws:

NY Covid-19 Domestic Employer Benefits Tool: Developed my Hand in Hand member Reha Sterbin, this tool makes it easier for New York State employers of nannies, house cleaners and home care employers to discover what benefits their employees are entitled to, and provides links to find out more or apply.

New York Domestic Workers Bill of Rights
In December 2010, New York State made history by passing the very first Domestic Worker Bill of Rights in the United States. Below are some resources about the Bill of Rights:

  • NY Department of Labor resources about the Domestic Workers Bill of Rights
  • NY Department of Labor Facts for Employers about the Domestic Workers Bill of Rights
  • Fact sheet from A Better Balance on the Domestic Workers’ Bill of Rights
  • Senator Liz Krueger’s Guide to Employing Domestic Workers

New York City Paid Sick and Safe Leave Law

  • Hand in Hand Guide: Domestic Employer Obligations under  the New York City Paid Safe and Sick Leave Law

Resources & Research:

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

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.

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Recent Blog Posts

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    Hand in Hand, as part of the New York Caring Majority (NYCM) coalition fought tirelessly this budget season to pass …
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"Ninety-two percent of domestic workers are women, and 57 percent of them are Black, Hispanic, Asian American, or Pacific Islander. We entrust the safety and cleanliness of our homes to Latin American workers, who make up 62 percent of house cleaners. Whether they maintain our house, care for our elders, or watch our children, there is a wide and long-standing gap between the wages of domestic workers and all other workers in America. Whereas the median wage for workers in this country is nearly $20 an hour, it is barely $12 for domestic workers. The gap is widest for nannies—97 percent of whom are women—who earn a median of just $11.60 an hour. And although the cost of living has steadily risen, domestic workers’ wages have remained mostly stagnant for decades."

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American capitalism relies on free and cheap domestic labor. Our economic systems cannot be truly equitable and just unless we compensate care work fairly.
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Summer break is almost here! Do you have travel plans ready or are starting to think about them? Planning to travel with (or without) your child's nanny? Here are 4 ways to travel respectfully with a nanny:

✈ 1: Make sure all travel in which the nanny is asked to accompany your family is mutually agreed upon.

✈ 2: When traveling, compensate the nanny at an additional rate.

✈ 3: Provide the nanny with her own accommodations for the trip.

✈ 4: If the nanny doesn’t accompany you on your trip, pay her for the time.

For more information and to get a sample contract, visit https://domesticemployers.org/resources-and-faqs/…
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Summer break is almost here! Do you have travel plans ready or are starting to think about them? Planning to travel with (or without) your childs nanny? Here are 4 ways to travel respectfully with a nanny:

✈ 1: Make sure all travel in which the nanny is asked to accompany your family is mutually agreed upon.

✈ 2: When traveling, compensate the nanny at an additional rate.

✈ 3: Provide the nanny with her own accommodations for the trip.

✈ 4: If the nanny doesn’t accompany you on your trip, pay her for the time.

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I’ve loved volunteering with Hand In Hand these past 5 or 6 years, they are an upstanding organization working to combat ableism and racism while uplifting domestic work on both sides; worker and employer.Hand in Hand is hiring for a Disability & Elder Justice Organizer! [Image Description: Three people seated in wheelchairs, one holding a sign with the text "IHSS Workers and Consumers United!!" and one person standing behind holding a banner with text "Hand in Hand: The Domestic Employers Network"] ... See MoreSee Less

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Hand in Hand, alongside our #LTSS4ALL campaign partners, is at the CA State Capitol today dropping off letters in support of investments in universal family care and funding to resource Long Term Services & Supports (LTSS) for Californians.

"We want bread and roses in the form of fair wages, dignity for caregivers, and the freedom to work without sacrificing good care for our loved ones."

Sign the petition in support for higher wages for IHSS providers: https://secure.everyaction.com/myDiyRYQX0q3CeYYOLd…

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Hand in Hand, alongside our #LTSS4ALL campaign partners, is at the CA State Capitol today dropping off letters in support of investments in universal family care and funding to resource Long Term Services & Supports (LTSS) for Californians. 

We want bread and roses in the form of fair wages, dignity for caregivers, and the freedom to work without sacrificing good care for our loved ones.

Sign the petition in support for higher wages for IHSS providers: https://secure.everyaction.com/myDiyRYQX0q3CeYYOLd-TQ2/?ms=FB_HIH

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