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Introduced
07/15/2019
07/15/2019
In Committee
07/16/2019
07/16/2019
Crossed Over
Passed
Dead
12/31/2020
12/31/2020
Introduced Session
116th Congress
Bill Summary
To enhance the rights of domestic workers, and for other purposes. This bill provides rights and protections for domestic workers, including pay and leave rights, and health and safety protections. The bill, among other things repeals the exemption under the Fair Labor Standards Act of 1938 for domestic live-in employees from certain minimum wage and maximum hour requirements; requires written notices of termination and allow other communications for live-in domestic employees; requires written agreements for domestic workers covering wages, sick leave, benefits, and other matters; allows domestic workers to request and receive changes to work schedules due to personal events; sets forth certain privacy rights for domestic workers; expands coverage to domestic workers under Title VII of the Civil Rights Act of 1964 against discrimination in employment; and increases the federal medical assistance percentage (FMAP) for certain Medicaid-funded medical services provided by domestic workers. The Department of Labor shall (1) award grants for a domestic worker national hotline for reporting emergencies, training on hazards facing domestic workers, and workforce investment activities for domestic workers; and (2) establish a Domestic Worker Wage and Standards Board to investigate standards in the domestic workers industry. Labor must provide domestic workers with a document that describes the rights and protections under the domestic workers bill of rights. The Department of Health and Human Services must collect state Medicaid program data on the personal or home care aide workforce.
AI Summary
This bill aims to enhance the rights and protections of domestic workers in the United States. Key provisions of the bill include:
- Repealing the exemption under the Fair Labor Standards Act that allowed domestic live-in employees to be excluded from certain minimum wage and maximum hour requirements. The bill also requires written notices of termination and allows other communications for live-in domestic employees.
- Requiring written agreements between domestic work hiring entities and domestic workers covering wages, sick leave, benefits, scheduling, and other matters. The bill provides domestic workers the right to request and receive temporary changes to their scheduled work hours due to personal events.
- Establishing privacy protections for domestic workers, including restrictions on monitoring or recording in certain situations and limits on interference with private communications.
- Providing domestic workers with rights to meal and rest breaks, and protections against unfair wage deductions.
- Amending the Civil Rights Act of 1964 to include domestic workers in civil rights protections against employment discrimination.
- Establishing a Domestic Worker Wage and Standards Board to investigate industry standards and provide recommendations to the Secretary of Labor on minimum wage rates, workplace standards, and enforcement of domestic worker rights.
- Providing grants for a national domestic worker hotline, occupational safety and health training, and workforce investment activities targeted at domestic workers.
The bill also seeks to increase the Federal medical assistance percentage (FMAP) for Medicaid-funded services provided by domestic workers to improve recruitment and retention of the home care workforce.
Committee Categories
Education, Health and Social Services
Sponsors (94)
Pramila Jayapal (D)*,
Alma Adams (D),
Nanette Barragán (D),
Karen Bass (D),
Joyce Beatty (D),
Don Beyer (D),
Earl Blumenauer (D),
Suzanne Bonamici (D),
Julia Brownley (D),
Tony Cárdenas (D),
Joaquin Castro (D),
Judy Chu (D),
Katherine Clark (D),
Yvette Clarke (D),
Emanuel Cleaver (D),
Steve Cohen (D),
Lou Correa (D),
Sharice Davids (D),
Danny Davis (D),
Susan Davis (D),
Madeleine Dean (D),
Peter DeFazio (D),
Rosa DeLauro (D),
Suzan DelBene (D),
Antonio Delgado (D),
Val Demings (D),
Mark DeSaulnier (D),
Debbie Dingell (D),
Lloyd Doggett (D),
Eliot Engel (D),
Veronica Escobar (D),
Adriano Espaillat (D),
Dwight Evans (D),
Lois Frankel (D),
John Garamendi (D),
Sylvia Garcia (D),
Chuy García (D),
Jimmy Gomez (D),
Al Green (D),
Raúl Grijalva (D),
Debra Haaland (D),
Alcee Hastings (D),
Jahana Hayes (D),
Jared Huffman (D),
Sheila Jackson-Lee (D),
Joseph Kennedy (D),
Ro Khanna (D),
Andy Kim (D),
Barbara Lee (D),
Andy Levin (D),
Ted Lieu (D),
Zoe Lofgren (D),
Alan Lowenthal (D),
Stephen Lynch (D),
Carolyn Maloney (D),
Doris Matsui (D),
Betty McCollum (D),
Jim McGovern (D),
Gregory Meeks (D),
Grace Meng (D),
Jerry Nadler (D),
Grace Napolitano (D),
Eleanor Holmes Norton (D),
Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez (D),
Ilhan Omar (D),
Chellie Pingree (D),
Mark Pocan (D),
Ayanna Pressley (D),
Jamie Raskin (D),
Cedric Richmond (D),
Lucille Roybal-Allard (D),
Linda Sánchez (D),
Mary Gay Scanlon (D),
Jan Schakowsky (D),
José Serrano (D),
Donna Shalala (D),
Albio Sires (D),
Elissa Slotkin (D),
Adam Smith (D),
Darren Soto (D),
Jackie Speier (D),
Eric Swalwell (D),
Mark Takano (D),
Bennie Thompson (D),
Rashida Tlaib (D),
Lori Trahan (D),
Juan Vargas (D),
Filemón Vela (D),
Nydia Velázquez (D),
Peter Visclosky (D),
Debbie Wasserman Schultz (D),
Bonnie Watson Coleman (D),
Susan Wild (D),
Frederica Wilson (D),
Last Action
Referred to the Subcommittee on Health. (on 07/16/2019)
Official Document
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| Document Type | Source Location |
|---|---|
| State Bill Page | https://www.congress.gov/bill/116th-congress/house-bill/3760/all-info |
| BillText | https://www.congress.gov/116/bills/hr3760/BILLS-116hr3760ih.pdf |
| Bill | https://www.congress.gov/116/bills/hr3760/BILLS-116hr3760ih.pdf.pdf |
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