Law Requiring Written Contracts for Domestic Workers Kicks in
“A workers’ rights group is trying to spread the word about an ordinance that kicked in at the start of the year, requiring employers to provide a written contract to domestic workers. The law covers nannies, cleaners and workers who care for the elderly regardless of citizenship documentation,” reports Mitch Dudek in Chicago Sun Times.
“Informing individual workers and their employers is a challenge, said Ania Jakubek, of Arise Chicago, a workers’ rights advocacy group that helped ensure passage of the ordinance in June. These are not registered companies that you can find through the Illinois secretary of state, Jakubek said Tuesday during a virtual news conference,”
