Domestic Workers could soon be covered by mandatory health and safety protections

Domestic workers who have previously been shut out from worker safety protections could soon be covered by mandatory health and safety guidelines under a California Senate bill.

Martha Herrera has worked a number of jobs while living in the U.S., including as a nanny. She's all too familiar with the responsibilities that come with that from making food for the kids to doing their laundry.

"For me, it was about supporting employers with their kids, so that they could do their job knowing their kids were going to be taken care of," a busy Herrera said. At the time we talked to her, she was in between jobs, doing her laundry and making her morning coffee and breakfast.

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