Committee hears substitute to extend wage and workplace protections to domestic workers
Staff briefed the committee on substitute HB 23‑55, which would create standalone protections for domestic workers (including minimum‑wage/overtime coverage, written agreements, notice or severance on termination, anti‑retaliation protections), add discrimination protections, and authorize L&I enforcement with administrative penalties and a private right of action; L&I estimated several new FTEs and IT costs for enforcement.
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Kelly Leonard (Labor & Workplace Standards Committee staff) briefed the House Appropriations Committee on substitute House Bill 23‑55, which would extend a set of statutory protections to domestic workers and modify the Minimum Wage Act and Washington Law Against Discrimination to include certain categories of domestic work.
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