Democrats Introduce Bill to Expand Domestic Worker Protections

Domestic workers would receive added federal labor protections under a new bill led by Democrats.

The National Domestic Workers Bill of Rights, co-authored by Sen. Kamala Harris (D-Calif.) and Rep. Pramila Jayapal (D-Wash.), would cover nannies, housecleaners, and home-care workers who aren’t currently covered under the Fair Labor Standards Act and other federal policies in the same way other workers are.

The bill would seek to better protect domestic workers by extending workplace discrimination protections and establishing wage standards. The proposal would also invest in a study to examine how to provide health care and retirement benefits for domestic workers, ...