The Fair Wages for Home Care Workers Act would codify rights to minimum wage and overtime pay for home care workers and domestic workers
As Trump and Republicans strip home care workers of their right to minimum wage and overtime pay, Murray and Democrats fight to protect fair wages
Washington, D.C. – Today,U.S. Senator Patty Murray (D-WA), a senior member and former Chair of the Senate Health, Education, Labor and Pensions (HELP) Committee, introduced the bicameral Fair Wages for Home Care Workers Act, alongside Senator Andy Kim (D-NJ), in response to Trump ripping away home care workers’ right to minimum wage and overtime pay. Representative Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez (D-NY-14) introduced companion legislation in the House. The Fair Wages for Home Care Workers Act addresses a longstanding injustice in our country—home care workers have been unfairly excluded from the Fair Labor Standards Act. This legislation would codify minimum wage and overtime protections for home care workers in federal labor law, and expand overtime protections to domestic workers as well. Senator Murray and Senator Kim were also joined by Miranda Bridges, a caregiver from Moses Lake, Washington, and SEIU 775 member, and Jenn Stowe, Executive Director of the National Domestic Workers Alliance.
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