Washington, D.C. has joined 10 states and two major cities in enacting domestic worker protections. The major components of the district’s Domestic Workers’ Bill of Rights include a requirement for work agreements in household employment and an extension of human rights as well as occupational health and safety protections for household employees.
Non-compliance with wage and labor laws in household employment has grabbed a number of headlines across the country recently and cost families hundreds of thousands of dollars in fines, penalties, and payment of back wages. We take a look at three cases and what families with household help can learn to avoid similar legal troubles.
Household employees in Colorado will soon be protected by the state’s anti-employment discrimination law. Effective in August, the Colorado Anti-Discrimination Act will make it illegal for household employers to discriminate against a worker for disability, race, sex, sexual orientation, religion, age, and nationality.
It’s been a busy first half of the year in household employment compliance. Here’s what’s happened, what’s new, and what’s coming in 2022.
Day of rest and meal break amendments to Illinois’ One Day Rest in Seven Act (ODRISA) have big implications for household employment in the state. ORDISA is one of four bills that make up the state’s Domestic Worker Bill of Rights. Here’s what household employers need to know to avoid the increased penalties for violations of the law.
Paid family and medical leave is coming soon for household employees in Maryland. Here’s what families with household help – like a nanny, housekeeper, or nanny share – need to know about the new compliance requirement.
New York State recently enacted a new law that establishes a confidential, toll-free hotline for employees to call with workplace sexual harassment complaints. Once this law goes into effect and the hotline goes live by July 14, employers – including household employers – must notify their workers of the hotline.
Starting July 1, Washington, D.C. will increase the amounts of leave available to employees under the district’s Universal Paid Leave Act while decreasing the employer payroll tax that funds the leave. Household employers are required to comply with the law.
A household employer in Massachusetts has been ordered to pay nearly $27,000 for violating the state’s wage and hour, overtime, and domestic worker protection laws.
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