VA HB27

Extends overtime pay requirements to domestic workers, defined as individuals providing household services such as childcare, eldercare, housekeeping, cooking, gardening, and personal affairs organization in private homes

Requires employers to pay domestic workers overtime at 1.5 times their regular rate for hours worked beyond 40 in a workweek

Excludes from the domestic worker definition those providing consumer-directed services under Medicaid/CHIP and au pairs in the State Department's Exchange Visitor Program

Allows domestic workers to sue employers for unpaid overtime wages, with courts authorized to award owed wages, liquidated damages, and attorney fees

Establishes a delayed effective date of July 1, 2027