Hand regularly partners with organizations and local governments to educate domestic employers. Partner with us to bring our fair employment workshops and resources to your community.
Together we can make every home a fair workplace for nannies, house cleaners and home attendants
Learn more or book a Hand in Hand workshop by completing this simple form.
Who is Hand in Hand?
Hand in Hand: The Domestic Employers Network is a national organization of employers of nannies, house cleaners and home attendants, family caregivers, older adults and people with disabilities. Through mass education and policy campaigns we work to bring rights, dignity and respect to domestic workers and those they support— with the understanding that dignified and respectful working conditions benefit worker and employee alike. We envision a world where we all get the support we need to work, live and age with dignity and where our interdependence is celebrated.
What kind of support does Hand in Hand provide?
Hand in Hand provides resources and education to employers of house cleaners, nannies, and home attendants. Our materials are created in consultation with domestic workers through our close partnership with the National Domestic Workers Alliance and other local and national partners. We have trained thousands of people through our workshops and webinars in small and larger group settings. In 2022 alone, over 15,000 people used our written resources.
What impact does our work make?
Because the domestic work industry is informal, when it comes to hiring and employing someone in the home, oftentimes people feel at sea. We hear from employers that before working with Hand in Hand, how much they struggled to find meaningful and trustworthy advice. Hand in Hand is the only organization that works in consultation with both domestic workers and employers to offer best practices. People love our workshops because our expert trainers offer clear actionable guidance; participants learn how to align their employment practices with their values; and ultimately fair employment practices lead to better quality of care.
Hand in Hand exists to help individuals who are thinking about hiring as well as people who have employed the same house cleaner for 25 years. We help people think through the history of domestic work and its connection to labor policy today. We support making sure that employers have all the resources they need to make their homes safe, ethical workplaces.
What kind of support and guidance does Hand in Hand offer organizations about how to be ethical employers at home?
- A robust library of resources to answer questions about hiring, work agreements, and fair employment best practices
- Sample work agreements
- A fair employment checklist
- Webinars and in-person trainings
- A community on social media
- 1-to-1 support from staff and leaders who have gone through Hand in Hand training.
What types of organizations do you work with?
Some types of organizations and groups we’ve provided training for include:
- Faith institutions
- Social justice committees of religious institutions
- PTAs
- Labor Unions
- New parent cohort groups
- Play Cafes
- LGBTQ+ parent groups
- Independent Living Centers
- Disability groups
- Retiree groups
- Elder Social and Political Action Groups
- Local political action groups
- Major corporations
- Book clubs
- Neighborhood organizations
Can you present to our organization?
Yes! We can host a full-length hour long webinar or in person training for your organization. This can be geared toward just one kind of domestic employer if that’s best for your group. Often though, people hire more than one person in their home over time, and it can be beneficial to talk about all kinds of domestic employment in one workshop.
We are also happy to join you at a regular meeting on your organizational calendar to do a short 15-30 minute speed training. Hand in Hand is a non-profit organization and offers these workshops free to both your organization and the attendees. We do ask that you have fifteen or more people in attendance.
What kinds of workshops do you offer?
- My Home is Someone’s Workplace: What you need to know if you’re hiring or employ a domestic worker
- Creating a Work Agreement
- Hiring a Nanny 101
- Monitoring a nanny: what is legal and what is right
- What You Should Know if You Hire a House Cleaner
- Green Cleaning for Employers of House Cleaners
- Hiring and Managing a Caregiver
- Alzheimer’s Care: Getting the support you need
- Anti-ableism and anti-ageism training for employers of caregivers
- Anti-Black Racism and the History of Domestic Work
We also provide regionally specific workshops including:
- Paid sick leave for domestic workers in San Francisco
- Your responsibilities as a domestic employer in New York City
- What you need to know about the Seattle Domestic Worker Ordinance
- Connecticut Domestic Employer Responsibilities
How do I learn more or book Hand in Hand to work with my organization?
Complete this simple two minute form and we’ll be in touch.
