HB1288 - Domestic Workers' Bill of Rights Act

• Establishes comprehensive protections for domestic workers including housekeepers, nannies, caregivers, and others performing household services by extending labor law coverage previously denied to this workforce.

• Defines "domestic worker" to include persons performing housekeeping, childcare, eldercare, cooking, laundering, companion services, and other household work, while excluding family members and those working 8 hours or less per week.

• Extends minimum wage requirements to domestic workers by amending the Minimum Wage Law to include domestic workers as defined in the Act, effective January 1, 2017.

• Requires domestic workers receive at least 24 consecutive hours of rest per week, with allowance for voluntary work on rest days at overtime rates, and accommodates religious observance preferences.

• Removes domestic workers from previous exclusions in the Illinois Human Rights Act, Wages of Women and Minors Act, and One Day Rest in Seven Act to provide equal employment protections.