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Committee hears substitute to extend wage and workplace protections to domestic workers
Summary
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.
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.
Under the substitute, a broad definition of "domestic worker" would cover individuals who…
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