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Board backs county outreach plan for residential care facility workers, seeks ongoing stakeholder convenings
Summary
After months of stakeholder engagement, the Board of Supervisors received a county plan to address working conditions in residential care facilities and directed the Office of Labor Standards Enforcement to continue convening workers, advocates and state/county partners; the board asked for follow-up reporting.
The Santa Clara County Board of Supervisors on April 22 received a staff report and directed continued county-led stakeholder convenings focused on working conditions in residential care facilities (RCFs), after hearing several workers and advocates describe wage theft, retaliation and unsafe workplace conditions.
Why it matters: caregivers in residential care homes provide daily support to elderly and developmentally disabled residents; county and community advocates have reported widespread labor violations, including unpaid wages, long "live-in" shifts and few formal complaint channels. The board asked county staff to keep convening workers, care-home owners, regional center and state social services representatives, and to bring the effort back for…
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