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California legislature passes overtime pay, meal and rest breaks for domestic workers (nannies,etc.)
Lawmakers pass OT pay, breaks for nannies, maids
Marisa Lagos
Published 3:07 p.m., Thursday, August 30, 2012
(08-30) 15:04 PDT Sacramento --
Nannies, housekeepers and other domestic employees would be entitled to overtime pay, meal breaks and other rights already afforded to most California workers under a landmark bill sent to Gov. Jerry Brown Thursday.
The so-called Domestic Workers Bill of Rights is one of hundreds of bills lawmakers were rushing to pass Thursday, prior to Friday's midnight legislative deadline. Authored by Assemblyman Tom Ammiano, D-San Francisco, it would require the Department of Industrial Relations to create regulations by January 1, 2014 that mandate overtime, meal and rest breaks and uninterrupted sleep periods for all domestic workers in California.
It exempts babysitters under the age of 18, as well as family members, and if signed by Brown, would make California one of only two states that afford these in-home workers such rights. The Assembly approved it Thursday, 42-27. Earlier this week it passed the Senate, 21-13, without a vote to spare.
"For too long, worker exploitation in this industry has been invisible," said Ammiano, who has been trying to get the bill to the governor's desk for two years, and said it would put the "hard working" population "on the radar for labor protections."
He said a number of amendments were made to ensure that families may still employ casual babysitters and other part-time employees without coming under the law's purview, and noted that the department will work with both employers and workers to develop the regulations.
Opponents were still wary. Assemblyman Kevin Jeffries, R-Lake Elsinore (Riverside County) said it would create "overzealous" rules that will hurt families.
http://www.sfgate.com/politics/article/Lawmakers-pass-OT-pay-breaks-for-nannies-maids-3828683.php
Marisa Lagos
Published 3:07 p.m., Thursday, August 30, 2012
(08-30) 15:04 PDT Sacramento --
Nannies, housekeepers and other domestic employees would be entitled to overtime pay, meal breaks and other rights already afforded to most California workers under a landmark bill sent to Gov. Jerry Brown Thursday.
The so-called Domestic Workers Bill of Rights is one of hundreds of bills lawmakers were rushing to pass Thursday, prior to Friday's midnight legislative deadline. Authored by Assemblyman Tom Ammiano, D-San Francisco, it would require the Department of Industrial Relations to create regulations by January 1, 2014 that mandate overtime, meal and rest breaks and uninterrupted sleep periods for all domestic workers in California.
It exempts babysitters under the age of 18, as well as family members, and if signed by Brown, would make California one of only two states that afford these in-home workers such rights. The Assembly approved it Thursday, 42-27. Earlier this week it passed the Senate, 21-13, without a vote to spare.
"For too long, worker exploitation in this industry has been invisible," said Ammiano, who has been trying to get the bill to the governor's desk for two years, and said it would put the "hard working" population "on the radar for labor protections."
He said a number of amendments were made to ensure that families may still employ casual babysitters and other part-time employees without coming under the law's purview, and noted that the department will work with both employers and workers to develop the regulations.
Opponents were still wary. Assemblyman Kevin Jeffries, R-Lake Elsinore (Riverside County) said it would create "overzealous" rules that will hurt families.
http://www.sfgate.com/politics/article/Lawmakers-pass-OT-pay-breaks-for-nannies-maids-3828683.php
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