Vetoed by Governor Jerry Brown, Jr.

Vote Smart's Synopsis:

Vote to concur with Senate amendments and pass a bill that establishes wage, hour, and working condition requirements for domestic work employees.

Highlights:

• Requires the Department of Industrial Relations to adopt regulations governing the working conditions of domestic work employees before January 1, 2014, to provide for the following (Sec. 2):
• Overtime compensation;
• Meal and rest periods; and
• Uninterrupted sleep periods and compensation for interruptions.

• Defines “domestic work” as services related to the care of individuals or maintenance performed in private households, including, but not limited to, the following service providers (Sec. 2):
• Childcare providers;
• Caregivers of sick, convalescing, or elderly persons; and
• House cleaners.

• Defines “domestic work employee” as an individual who performs domestic work, including live-in domestic work employees and personal attendants (Sec. 2).

• Specifies that a domestic work employee is neither of the following (Sec. 2):
• A person who is the parent, grandparent, spouse, sibling, child, or legally adopted child of the domestic work employer;
• A person under the age of 18 who is employed as a babysitter for a minor child of the domestic work employer; or
• A person employed by a licensed health facility or health care system.

• Authorizes the Department of Industrial Relations to apply the provisions of Industrial Welfare Commission Wage Order 15 to domestic work employees including, but not limited to, the following (Sec. 2):
• Hours and days of work;
• Minimum wage;
• Meals and lodging requirements; and
• Meal and rest period requirements.

Full Bill Text

Vote Smart's Synopsis:

Vote to pass a bill that establishes wage, hour, and working condition requirements for domestic work employees.

Highlights:

• Requires the Department of Industrial Relations to adopt regulations governing the working conditions of domestic work employees before January 1, 2014, to provide for the following (Sec. 2):
• Overtime compensation;
• Meal and rest periods; and
• Uninterrupted sleep periods and compensation for interruptions.

• Defines “domestic work” as services related to the care of individuals or maintenance performed in private households, including, but not limited to, the following service providers (Sec. 2):
• Childcare providers;
• Caregivers of sick, convalescing, or elderly persons; and
• House cleaners.

• Defines “domestic work employee” as an individual who performs domestic work, including live-in domestic work employees and personal attendants (Sec. 2).

• Specifies that a domestic work employee is neither of the following (Sec. 2):
• A person who is the parent, grandparent, spouse, sibling, child, or legally adopted child of the domestic work employer;
• A person under the age of 18 who is employed as a babysitter for a minor child of the domestic work employer; or
• A person employed by a licensed health facility or health care system.

• Authorizes the Department of Industrial Relations to apply the provisions of Industrial Welfare Commission Wage Order 15 to domestic work employees including, but not limited to, the following (Sec. 2):
• Hours and days of work;
• Minimum wage;
• Meals and lodging requirements; and
• Meal and rest period requirements.

Full Bill Text

Vote Smart's Synopsis:

Vote to concur with Senate amendments and pass a bill that establishes wage, hour, and working condition requirements for domestic work employees.

Full Bill Text