New law provides protection for domestic workers

A law set to take effect April 1 includes new rules for those who employ the state's estimated 67,000 domestic workers — a part of the labor force that until now has lacked some of the protections that other workers­ take for granted.

"Domestic workers contribute in significant ways to our economy, often working long hours to assist individuals and families every day," said Grant Woodman, a spokesman for Attorney General Maura Healey, whose office is drafting the regulations under which the Domestic Workers' Bill of Rights will be enforced. "This law makes clear that domestic workers have many of the same protections as other workers in our community and also provides important new rights for live-in workers who are especially vulnerable because of their relative isolation."

The law, approved by lawmakers and signed by former Gov. Deval Patrick last year, defines a domestic worker as anyone who is paid by an employer other than an agency to do cleaning, cooking, laundry or care for children, the sick or the elderly in a home.

If the employee works 16 hours or more per week, the employer must provide a written contract detailing, among other things, the worker's job responsibilities, pay and work hours, and benefits.

Lydia Edward of Greater Boston Legal Services and campaign coordinator for the Massachusetts Coalition for Domestic Workers, said the law is the result of four years of organizing on behalf of workers who are often exploited, sexually harassed and verbally or physically abused.

"The most important thing for employers to understand," Edward said, "is that they have certain obligations intended to ensure that their employees are treated with respect and dignity."

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