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Story USA: Give better pay to home care workers
by IDWFED published Sep 07, 2012 last modified Nov 06, 2015 09:44 PM
More than 90% of Americans agree that senior citizens should be able to age in their homes and communities. You don't want to visit your grandparents in a nursing home any more than they want to live there. But for the stay-at-home elderly to have so-called "independent living" they must be highly dependent on the home care aides who look after medication schedules, cook meals, assist with bathing and generally keep them happy and healthy.
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Story application/x-troff-me USA: Gov. Brown signs bill making domestic workers eligible for overtime
by IDWFED published Sep 26, 2013 last modified Aug 17, 2015 04:46 PM
Gov. Jerry Brown signed into law Thursday a bill that would make nannies, private healthcare aides and other domestic workers in California eligible for overtime pay.
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Story text/texmacs USA: Governor Deval Patrick signed the Massachusetts Domestic Workers Bill of Rights
by IDWFED published Jul 03, 2014 last modified May 23, 2015 08:35 PM
Victory! Governor Deval Patrick signed the Massachusetts Domestic Workers Bill of Rights into law, the fourth state in as many years. The Massachusetts Bill is the most forward-thinking bill of rights to date and sets the stage for even more comprehensive legislation in other states. The bill will protect workers and employers by requiring clear guidelines for employers and workers including: a written contract; 30 days notice of termination for live-in workers; and maternity leave for workers, among other protections. Congratulations, Massachusetts!
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Story USA: Hawaii becomes 2nd State to pass a Domestic Worker bill
by IDWFED published Jul 02, 2013 last modified Aug 30, 2015 06:23 PM
Gov. Neil Abercrombie signed a domestic workers bill of rights Monday, making Hawaii the second U.S. state to give nannies, housekeepers and others protections on wages and other labor issues.
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Story text/texmacs USA: Hawaii has become the second state to have Domestic Worker Bill of Rights
by IDWFED published May 01, 2013 last modified Sep 17, 2015 03:00 PM
Hawaii is poised to become the second state to have a Domestic Worker Bill of Rights. Senate Bill 535 passed overwhelmingly in both chambers of the Hawaiian legislature on April 30. The landmark legislation will protect domestic workers from discriminatory practices and cover them under the state’s wage and hour law. Governor Neil Abercrombie now has 60 days to sign the bill.
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Story Troff document USA: Health, safety and justice - "Domestic workers have to build power"
by IDWFED published May 26, 2015 last modified May 28, 2015 06:30 PM
As of late spring, more than 60 domestic workers had participated in the Arise training and received a certificate of completion, said Jakubek, who’s now working with her partners to develop a health and safety train-the-trainer curriculum. The completion certificate states that the worker has participated in health, safety and green cleaning training and is designed to help domestic workers market their services and secure fair employment.
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Story text/texmacs USA: If You Want Better Rights For Domestic Workers, Organize The Parents
by IDWFED published Apr 11, 2014 last modified Jul 27, 2015 06:40 PM
Hand in Hand, an organization that focuses on the people who employ domestic workers, launched “My Home is Someone’s Workplace,” a project aimed at getting the parents and other employers who hire nannies, home health aides, and housekeepers to sign a pledge toward fair labor practices and offer them a checklist of things they can do to get there. “The goal of the campaign is both for employers to recognize the fact [that they are employers] and to shift the conversation around labor,” Danielle Feris, Hand in Hand’s director, told ThinkProgress, “and also to implement the law,” New York State’s Domestic Workers Bill of Rights, passed in 2010. It even aims to go beyond what’s in the law and emphasize things not covered, like regular check ins and evaluations, cost of living raises and bonuses, and health care and worker’s compensation coverage.
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Story ECMAScript program USA: Illinois Domestic Workers Bill of Rights - Articles
by IDWFED published May 08, 2015 last modified May 19, 2015 06:18 PM
Op-ed by Maria Esther Sanchez and Ai-jen Poo
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Story text/texmacs USA: Illinois House passes Domestic Workers Bill of Rights
by IDWFED published May 30, 2015 last modified May 30, 2015 08:11 PM
The Illinois House of Representatives passed the Domestic Workers Bill of Rights on May 29 2015.
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Story D source code USA: It's time to secure the quality care we need
by IDWFED published May 07, 2013 last modified Sep 14, 2015 04:40 PM
Caring Across Generations is started to unite care consumers, families, workers and immigrant rights organizations to build a better long-term care system that supports each of us, our family members and our neighbors, to live and age in our own homes and communities. The Caring Across Generations campaign brings together aging Americans, people with disabilities, workers, and their families to protect all Americans’ right to choose the care and supports they need to live with dignity.
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