The Filipino Lawyers of Washington, the Korean American Bar Association, Hand in Hand, Legal Voice, Casa Latina and Stoel Rives are putting on a CLE related to a new Seattle Domestic Workers ordinance. Members and other stakeholders of your associations may be interested if they employ domestic workers (house cleaners, nannies, gardeners, home care workers, etc.), provide services to people who employ domestic workers or are employed as domestic workers, or interested in doing pro bono with domestic workers.
In 2018, Seattle City Council passed an ordinance granting domestic workers—such as house cleaners, nannies, gardeners, and home care workers—basic worker rights from which they have long been excluded.
Seattle’s ordinance is in the forefront of a similar labor laws that have passed in a growing number of states and cities over the past decade and that are helping bring domestic workers out of the shadows and providing them with basic rights and dignity and a career. There are an estimated 33,000 domestic workers in Seattle and 2 million across the U.S. and domestic work is one of the fastest growing professions in the country. Yet many Seattle employers of domestic workers are unaware that they are covered by the ordinance and that their homes are a workplace. Domestic workers are disproportionately women, immigrants, and BIPOC and may face cultural, language and other barriers to knowing and enforcing their rights. Legal professionals can assist both workers and employers with awareness of their rights and obligations under the Seattle ordinance.
This program will address the following topics:
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We will apply for CLE credit for this presentation.
A Zoom webinar link will be sent via confirmation email and again the morning of the event.
If you have any questions or need additional information, please email events@stoel.com.
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