Feb 14 2022
Our work isn’t done until the Senate finishes its job of passing historic funding for home and community-based services (HCBS). That’s why this Valentine’s Day, we’re asking supporters like you to make calls to the Senate and tell them to get this done and not break our hearts!
Learn More Aprende MásFeb 10 2022
Watch the film screening & panel discussion on Thursday Feb 24, 7 - 9 ET
Learn More Aprende MásFeb 08 2022
February is a Month of Action for care — a month to build momentum and show Congress that we have not forgotten the promise of support for families including child care, paid family and medical leave, and home and community based services.
Learn More Aprende MásFeb 02 2022
We are calling on the Senate to pass a budget reconciliation bill that includes an update to the “registry date” in immigration law, which would provide citizenship to millions of longtime immigrants who have put down roots here, who live and work in our communities, and who call this country home.
Learn More Aprende MásJan 30 2022
Beginning on July 1, 2022, New Mexico will require private employers to provide paid sick leave to employees.
Learn More Aprende MásJan 29 2022
The North Carolina State FY 21-23 budget passed in November 2021 includes funding to raise the rates for Home and Community Based Services (HCBS) and Intermediate Care Facilities (ICFs), including a wage passthrough for the direct care workers employed in those programs.
Learn More Aprende MásJan 18 2022
On December 14, 2021, San Francisco’s Board of Supervisors unanimously passed legislation providing the city’s roughly 10,000 domestic workers with paid sick leave. The ordinance, called “Domestic Workers’ Equal Access to Paid Sick Leave,” establishes a “portable” paid sick leave benefit that allows people who work for multiple households to earn and consolidate benefits from several “hiring entities” and access that paid leave as they move between jobs.
Learn More Aprende MásIn the last week of 2021, Governor Hochul approved a pair of new laws to extend the protections of state’s human rights law to domestic workers, as well as to expand New York’s paid family leave benefit to include domestic workers who work at least 20 hours per week.
Learn More Aprende MásJan 14 2022
Join Senator Casey, NDWA and SEIU for an update on our Care Is Essential campaign on Wed., January 19 at 7PM ET. RSVP today!
Learn More Aprende MásJan 01 2022
As of Jan. 1, 2022, all house cleaners, nannies and caregivers--regardless of their immigration status--working in Chicago must be given written contracts that include the agreed-upon wage and work schedule information — and be written in the workers’ preferred language.
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