Domestic Worker Minimum Wage Exemption (H 5371, S 424)

  • Status: Passed House, Died in Senate
  • Position: Support
  • Bill Number: S 424, H 5371
  • Session: 2023
  • Latest Update: March 31, 2023
economic justice

Domestic workers – a demographic of employees largely comprised of lower-income women of color – are inappropriately exempted from the state’s minimum wage laws. We supported the repeal of this exemption, noting that its impact is sexist, racially discriminatory, and limiting of the economic mobility of domestic workers. This bill passed the House but died in the Senate.

Sponsors:
Representative Leonela Felix and Senator Dawn Euer