Philadelphia Extends Labor Protections to Household Employees
The Philadelphia City Council on Thursday unanimously passed a domestic worker bill of rights that guarantees several labor rights for the city’s 16,000 household employees. It is considered one of the strongest bills in the nation that protects domestic workers and...
How to Comply with Massachusetts PFML as a Household Employer
All Massachusetts employers, including families that have hired an employee to work in their home, have new responsibilities under the state’s Paid Family and Medical Leave (PFML) law. Determine your employee PFML contributions **For clients of GTM Payroll...
Household Employment Forms: Paperwork to Complete Before Work Begins
You’ve hired a nanny or in-home senior caregiver and you can’t wait for them to get started. You thoroughly screened your candidate, their references checked out, and their background checks came back clean. What’s next? There is still some household employment...
Westchester County Enacts Safe Leave Time Law
Just weeks after its Earned Sick Leave Law (ESLL) took effect, Westchester County in New York enacted a Safe Leave Time Law (SLTL). The new law, which will go into effect around October 30, 2019, requires employers to provide eligible employees with paid leave to be...
