After nearly 75 years of exclusion from federal and state labor protections, domestic workers have finally scored two important victories in their fight for equal treatment. Late last week, Governor Brown signed AB 241, extending California overtime protections to domestic workers who spend a significant amount of time caring for children, elderly and people with disabilities. One week earlier the federal Department of Labor finalized new rules that significantly extend federal minimum wage and overtime protections to domestic workers who care for the elderly and people with disabilities. Together, these actions extend overtime coverage to all domestic workers in California
Ruth Milkman and Eileen Appelbaum examine one of California’s most important recent legislative init...
More than a century ago, before there was a national legislative consensus around paying workers a f...
Recent victories in domestic workers rights are a result of grassroots, worker-led campaigns to chan...
After nearly 75 years of exclusion from federal and state labor protections, domestic workers have f...
Governor Edmund G. Brown, Jr. yesterday signed SB 1015, a bill making overtime rights permanent for ...
Domestic workers are crucial part of the economic and social fabric of our country. However, isolate...
In August 2010, the California State Legislature passed a Resolution for a Domestic Workers Bill of ...
Recent victories in domestic workers rights are a result of grassroots, worker-led campaigns to chan...
Domestic workers and their employers, labor advocates and the general public, have a stake in ensuri...
The California Legislature’s efforts to expand the reach and scope of California employment statutes...
In 2013, the California Legislature passed and Governor Brown signed into law Assembly Bill 241 whic...
In 2013, the California Legislature passed and Governor Brown signed into law Assembly Bill 241 whic...
In 2013, the California Legislature passed and Governor Brown signed into law Assembly Bill 241 whic...
Sets minimum wage at $7.25 per hour starting July 1, 2007, increasing to $7.75 on July 1, 2008. Chan...
California made history on September 23, 2002, when the nation’s first comprehensive paid family lea...
Ruth Milkman and Eileen Appelbaum examine one of California’s most important recent legislative init...
More than a century ago, before there was a national legislative consensus around paying workers a f...
Recent victories in domestic workers rights are a result of grassroots, worker-led campaigns to chan...
After nearly 75 years of exclusion from federal and state labor protections, domestic workers have f...
Governor Edmund G. Brown, Jr. yesterday signed SB 1015, a bill making overtime rights permanent for ...
Domestic workers are crucial part of the economic and social fabric of our country. However, isolate...
In August 2010, the California State Legislature passed a Resolution for a Domestic Workers Bill of ...
Recent victories in domestic workers rights are a result of grassroots, worker-led campaigns to chan...
Domestic workers and their employers, labor advocates and the general public, have a stake in ensuri...
The California Legislature’s efforts to expand the reach and scope of California employment statutes...
In 2013, the California Legislature passed and Governor Brown signed into law Assembly Bill 241 whic...
In 2013, the California Legislature passed and Governor Brown signed into law Assembly Bill 241 whic...
In 2013, the California Legislature passed and Governor Brown signed into law Assembly Bill 241 whic...
Sets minimum wage at $7.25 per hour starting July 1, 2007, increasing to $7.75 on July 1, 2008. Chan...
California made history on September 23, 2002, when the nation’s first comprehensive paid family lea...
Ruth Milkman and Eileen Appelbaum examine one of California’s most important recent legislative init...
More than a century ago, before there was a national legislative consensus around paying workers a f...
Recent victories in domestic workers rights are a result of grassroots, worker-led campaigns to chan...