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Who are domestic workers? Domestic workers, such as home care workers, house cleaners and nannies, provide services of a household nature in or about a private home. Get the fact sheet.
A domestic worker is a person who works within a residence and performs a variety of household services for an individual, from providing cleaning and household maintenance, or cooking, laundry and ironing, or care for children and elderly dependents, and other household errands. The term "domestic service" applies to the equivalent ...
There are more than 600,000 domestic workers employed directly by private households in the United States, 90% of whom are employed in three occupations: personal care aides (20%), maids and housekeepers (38%) or childcare providers (32%).8. The vast majority of domestic workers are women.
Domestic workers tend homes and care for the young, the old, the disabled, the ill, and the vulnerable. This work underpins all other work accomplished in a society. La Colmena ("The Beehive") is a network of members working toward building the collective power of domestic workers in Houston.
Persons employed in domestic service in private homes are covered by the FLSA. Domestic service workers include companions, babysitters, cooks, waiters, maids, housekeepers, nannies, nurses, janitors, caretakers, handymen, gardeners, home health aides, personal care aides, and family chauffeurs.
The National Domestic Workers Alliance (NDWA) works for the respect, recognition, and rights for more than 2.2 million nannies, housecleaners, and home care workers who do the essential work of caring for our loved ones and our homes.
The National Domestic Workers Bill of Rights closes the outstanding gap in federal overtime protections for live-in domestic workers who are paid by private households, so that all domestic workers receive fair compensation and treatment.
Domestic workers are those workers who perform work in or for a private household or households. They provide direct and indirect care services, and as such are key members of the care economy.
The National Domestic Worker Bill of Rights is the 1st comprehensive federal legislation to create strong rights and workplace protections for domestic workers across the country. The Bill of Rights covers three major gaps in protecting domestic workers in the workplace.
Domestic work is vital to our economy, our homes and our families, but we have much work left to do to ensure domestic workers are treated with the dignity and fairness that every worker deserves.