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Domestic Workers’ Equal Access to Paid Sick Leave

Jan 18 2022

On December 14, 2021, San Francisco’s Board of Supervisors unanimously passed legislation providing the city’s roughly 10,000 domestic workers with paid sick leave. The ordinance, called “Domestic Workers’ Equal Access to Paid Sick Leave,” establishes a “portable” paid sick leave benefit that allows people who work for multiple households to earn and consolidate benefits from several “hiring entities” and access that paid leave as they move between jobs.

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Rights for Domestic Workers in New York

In the last week of 2021, Governor Hochul approved a pair of new laws to extend the protections of state’s human rights law to domestic workers, as well as to expand New York’s paid family leave benefit to include domestic workers who work at least 20 hours per week.

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Rights for Domestic Workers in Chicago

As of Jan. 1, 2022, all house cleaners, nannies and caregivers working in Chicago must be given written contracts that include the agreed-upon wage and work schedule information — and be written in the workers’ preferred language.

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Care is Essential Telephone Townhall

Jan 14 2022

Join Senator Casey, NDWA and SEIU for an update on our Care Is Essential campaign on Wed., January 19 at 7PM ET. RSVP today!

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Chicago: All domestic workers must be given written contracts that include the wage and work schedule in the workers’ preferred language.

Jan 01 2022

As of Jan. 1, 2022, all house cleaners, nannies and caregivers--regardless of their immigration status--working in Chicago must be given written contracts that include the agreed-upon wage and work schedule information — and be written in the workers’ preferred language.

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New York: Governor Hochul approved laws to extend the protections to domestic workers

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Recap of Our Impact in 2021

2021 was a year of telling our stories, a year of organizing, and most importantly, a year where we saw the care revolution grow.

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San Francisco: Legislation passed providing the city’s domestic workers with paid sick leave.

Dec 14 2021

On December 14th, San Francisco’s Board of Supervisors unanimously passed legislation providing the city’s 10,000 domestic workers with paid sick leave.

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North Carolina won increased rates for home care workers

North Carolina won increased rates for Home and Community Based Services (HCBS) and Intermediate Care Facilities (ICFs) with a wage passthrough for the direct care workers employed in those programs!

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Bring it Home for the Holidays day of Action

This week we took action in DC to tell Congress they need to pass Build Back Better for the holidays!

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