Geography: California

As part of the California Domestic Workers Coalition, Hand in Hand is working to create a portable benefits program so that domestic workers can access the paid sick days they are entitled to, but rarely receive.

Hand in Hand worked with the CA Domestic Workers to pass SB 1257: The Health and Safety for All Workers Act which would eliminate the exclusion of “household domestic service” from California’s Occupational Health and Safety Protections (Cal/OSHA).   The COVID-19 health pandemic as well as the increasingly frequent and devastating California wildfires have magnified the

Hand in Hand has partnered with the California Domestic Workers Coalition and the Department of Industrial Relations to reach, educate and train domestic workers and domestic employers about the rights and protections domestic workers have under California labor law.

Building upon our success with the Support at Home campaign which won up to 15 hours of subsidized homecare per week, Hand in Hand as part of the Care Council, came together to put California on a path toward universal Long-term Services and Supports (LTSS).

In 2016, Hand in Hand joined its allies in the San Francisco Care Council to win funding and approval for a new program providing older adults and people with disabilities with up to 15 hours of subsidized homecare per week.

After nearly ten years of organizing and advocating, the California Domestic Workers Coalition (CDWC) passed Senate Bill 1215: The Domestic Workers Bill of Rights in 2016, which made daily overtime a permanent right for childcare providers/nannies and home attendants.