{"id":5576,"date":"2015-02-26T10:40:09","date_gmt":"2015-02-26T15:40:09","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/gtm.com\/household\/?p=5576"},"modified":"2016-02-24T14:10:37","modified_gmt":"2016-02-24T19:10:37","slug":"massachusetts-domestic-workers-bill-of-rights","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/gtm.com\/household\/massachusetts-domestic-workers-bill-of-rights\/","title":{"rendered":"Massachusetts Domestic Workers Bill of Rights Begins April 1st"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignright size-medium wp-image-5579 img-rounded\" alt=\"massachusetts domestic workers bill of rights\" src=\"https:\/\/gtm.com\/household\/wp-content\/uploads\/Mom-and-baby-on-Cape-Cod-300x224.jpg\" width=\"300\" height=\"224\" \/>Last July, Massachusetts became <a href=\"http:\/\/www.bostonglobe.com\/business\/2014\/07\/02\/governor-patrick-signs-domestic-workers-bill-rights-into-law\/lwNJtWDjlSbvUHBGqCaquJ\/story.html\" target=\"_blank\">the fourth state<\/a> to provide labor protections for nannies, housekeepers, and other domestic employees. Most of the provisions of the Massachusetts Domestic Workers Bill of Rights law take effect in just over a month from now, on April 1, 2015. If you employ a domestic worker in the Bay State, you should start familiarizing yourself with the impending changes summarized below.<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>Domestic Workers will be guaranteed 8 weeks of unpaid maternity leave for the birth or adoption of child for employees working for the same employer for 3 months.<\/li>\n<li>A job-protected weekly 24 hour rest period and a monthly 48 hour rest period is guaranteed for Domestic Workers who work 40 hours per week; if the Domestic Worker voluntarily agrees to work during this rest time, it must be compensated as overtime.<\/li>\n<li>Housing for live-in Domestic Workers must meet the state\u2019s sanitary code.<\/li>\n<li>No deductions for meals, rest periods, lodging, or sleeping periods may be made without written consent.<\/li>\n<li>Live-in Domestic Workers, if terminated without cause, are guaranteed rights to written notice and 30 days lodging either on site or in a comparable off-site location, or severance pay representing 2 weeks average earnings. If just cause is given for the termination, no housing or severance obligations are required.<\/li>\n<li>Employers are required to keep written pay records required under existing minimum wage law. If a Domestic Worker works more than 16 hours a week, the employer must provide a written agreement that includes the following:\n<ul>\n<li>rate of pay, including overtime and additional compensation;<\/li>\n<li>working hours, including meal breaks and other time off;<\/li>\n<li>provisions for days of rest, sick days, vacation days, personal days, holidays, transportation, health insurance, severance, yearly raises, and whether or not those days are paid;<\/li>\n<li>any fees or other costs, including costs for meals and lodging;<\/li>\n<li>responsibilities associated with the job;<\/li>\n<li>right to collect workers\u2019 compensation if injured;<\/li>\n<li>required notice of employment termination by either party;<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>Failure to comply with these requirements is a violation of the record-keeping law.<\/p>\n<p>For more information on compliance with this new law, please <a title=\"Contact Us\" href=\"\/household\/contact-us\/\" target=\"_blank\">contact<\/a> GTM\u2019s Household Employment Experts at (888) 432-7972.<\/p>\n<p>Find more information about other states with domestic workers&#8217; rights laws <a title=\"Domestic Workers\u2019 Rights\" href=\"\/household\/resource-center\/domestic-workers-rights\/\" target=\"_blank\">here<\/a>.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Last July, Massachusetts became the fourth state to provide labor protections for nannies, housekeepers, and other domestic employees. 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