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OH SB119
Bill
Status
5/1/2013
Primary Sponsor
Charleta Tavares
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AI Summary
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Requires domestic workers to be paid at least the minimum wage specified in Ohio Constitution Section 34a, with domestic workers receiving the greater of two wage rates calculated under that section.
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Mandates overtime protections for domestic workers: 8-hour daily limit and 40-hour weekly limit (or 44 hours for live-in workers), with overtime compensation at 1.5 times the normal wage rate for additional hours.
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Establishes a weekly day of rest requirement: domestic workers must receive at least 24 consecutive hours off per week, preferably coinciding with their religious observance day; workers employed over one year receive 3 paid days of rest annually.
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Makes sexual harassment and harassment based on race, religion, sex, or national origin unlawful discriminatory practices against domestic workers, including conduct that creates a hostile or offensive work environment.
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Expands domestic worker protections under the Ohio Civil Rights Commission by defining "domestic worker" to include childcare, elder care, and housekeeping workers, with exclusions for casual workers, agency-employed companions, and relatives of employers or beneficiaries.
Legislative Description
To require that domestic workers be paid the minimum wage, as provided in Section 34a of Article II, Ohio Constitution, to require that domestic workers be paid overtime wages, to make certain conduct directed toward a domestic worker an unlawful discriminatory practice, and to require a weekly day of rest for domestic workers.
Domestic workers-labor standards
Last Action
To Commerce & Labor
5/1/2013