For decades, domestic workers have been intentionally excluded from many of the basic legal protections that most other workers enjoy. But workers have been organizing to change this, and an increasing number of cities and states are addressing this history of racist exclusion by passing new laws that ensure domestic workers have basic rights too. Working Washington, Casa Latina, SEIU 775, and other groups fought to win a Domestic Workers Bill of Rights in Seattle in 2018, which took effect on July 1, 2019.

Your rights as a domestic worker in Seattle

Seattle’s Domestic Workers Bill of Rights ensure that nannies, house cleaners, gardeners, and other domestic workers have basic rights and protections at work. These rights apply to all domestic workers who work within the city limits of Seattle, regardless of whether the worker is treated as a contractor or employee, and regardless of their immigration status or legal work authorization:

> Minimum wage

> Meal and rest breaks

> Right to rest for live-in caregivers

> Protection of original documents

> Standards board

> Protection from discrimination, harassment, and retaliation

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