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Around 90 percent of domestic workers in Massachusetts did not seek help when their rights were violated. “If we have a law that nobody knows, that means nobody is using it.” Demonstrators ...
These goals could be accomplished in the form of a National Domestic Workers Bill of Rights Act, a version of which was introduced in the U.S. House of Representatives last year. While domestic ...
This past labor day weekend, we celebrated a rising labor movement. A recent Gallup poll indicated that 71% of Americans support unions, and more workers in our retail and service economy are ...
The Domestic Worker Bill of Rights (California Assembly Bill 241 and Senate Bill 1015), enacted in 2013, is a California law that grants overtime pay rights to personal attendants who were not ...
Philadelphia Mayor Cherelle Parker signed the "Protect Our Workers, Enforce Rights," or POWER, bill into law that intends to ...
The alleged assault of a 17-year-old domestic worker by her employer’s family in Gurugram has provoked the local administration to announce that it will draft a “Charter of Rights for Domestic ...
The Domestic Workers’ Bill of Rights would grant domestic workers minimum wage, overtime pay, meal and rest breaks, as well as protection from discrimination and retaliation, according to the ...
Gov. Phil Murphy on Friday signed the Domestic Workers’ Bill of Rights Act, benefitting about 50,000 part-time and full-time employees who work in people’s homes. State Sen. Britnee Timberlake ...
After the New Jersey legislature tossed around versions of the Domestic Worker Bill of Rights for two and a half years, the measure passed Monday, a victory that offers some dignity to the more ...
The city was the first in the United States to adopt a domestic workers bill of rights. Now, four years later, the city is announcing funding to raise awareness about the law. In the last seven ...
In a historic victory for labor rights, the New Jersey General Assembly unanimously passed the New Jersey Domestic Worker Bill of Rights on Monday, marking a transformative achievement for the ...