HR7917119th CongressWALLET

Fair Wages for Home Care Workers Act

Sponsored By: Representative Ocasio-Cortez

Introduced

Summary

Extend minimum wage and overtime protections to most babysitting and home caregiving work. This bill would narrow the "casual" domestic-service exemption in the Fair Labor Standards Act by redefining when babysitting is treated as irregular work and by removing a previous exemption provision.

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New pay rules for babysitters

This bill would narrow the old "casual" exemption for babysitting under the Fair Labor Standards Act. Babysitting would mean custodial care of children in the private home where they live. It would exclude care by trained medical staff and home care workers (for example, nurses, home health aides, and personal care aides). "Casual basis" would mean irregular or intermittent work as defined by the Secretary, not work that is someone’s vocation, and unrelated household chores would count only if they are 20% or less of total hours. If enacted, more in-home child care workers could be eligible for minimum wage and overtime protections, and families who hire them might face higher wage or overtime costs.

Sponsors & CoSponsors

Sponsor

Ocasio-Cortez

NY • D

Cosponsors

  • Rep. Tlaib, Rashida [D-MI-12]

    MI • D

    Sponsored 3/12/2026

  • Rep. Watson Coleman, Bonnie [D-NJ-12]

    NJ • D

    Sponsored 3/12/2026

  • Rep. Cleaver, Emanuel [D-MO-5]

    MO • D

    Sponsored 3/12/2026

  • Wilson (FL)

    FL • D

    Sponsored 3/12/2026

  • Rep. Bell, Wesley [D-MO-1]

    MO • D

    Sponsored 3/12/2026

  • Rep. Krishnamoorthi, Raja [D-IL-8]

    IL • D

    Sponsored 3/12/2026

  • Del. Norton, Eleanor Holmes [D-DC-At Large]

    DC • D

    Sponsored 3/12/2026

  • Rep. McIver, LaMonica [D-NJ-10]

    NJ • D

    Sponsored 3/12/2026

  • Rep. Hoyle, Val T. [D-OR-4]

    OR • D

    Sponsored 3/12/2026

  • Simon

    CA • D

    Sponsored 3/12/2026

  • Schakowsky

    IL • D

    Sponsored 3/12/2026

  • Rep. Torres, Ritchie [D-NY-15]

    NY • D

    Sponsored 3/12/2026

  • Rep. Lee, Summer L. [D-PA-12]

    PA • D

    Sponsored 3/12/2026

  • Carson

    IN • D

    Sponsored 3/12/2026

  • Rep. Moulton, Seth [D-MA-6]

    MA • D

    Sponsored 3/12/2026

  • Rep. Pettersen, Brittany [D-CO-7]

    CO • D

    Sponsored 3/12/2026

  • Rep. Jayapal, Pramila [D-WA-7]

    WA • D

    Sponsored 3/12/2026

  • Budzinski

    IL • D

    Sponsored 3/12/2026

  • Rep. Johnson, Julie [D-TX-32]

    TX • D

    Sponsored 3/12/2026

  • Bonamici

    OR • D

    Sponsored 3/12/2026

  • Rep. Dingell, Debbie [D-MI-6]

    MI • D

    Sponsored 3/12/2026

  • Pingree

    ME • D

    Sponsored 3/12/2026

  • McBride

    DE • D

    Sponsored 3/12/2026

  • Kennedy (NY)

    NY • D

    Sponsored 3/12/2026

  • Rep. Evans, Dwight [D-PA-3]

    PA • D

    Sponsored 3/12/2026

  • Rep. Frankel, Lois [D-FL-22]

    FL • D

    Sponsored 3/12/2026

  • Rep. Goldman, Daniel S. [D-NY-10]

    NY • D

    Sponsored 3/12/2026

  • Rep. Thanedar, Shri [D-MI-13]

    MI • D

    Sponsored 3/12/2026

  • DelBene

    WA • D

    Sponsored 3/12/2026

  • Rep. Dexter, Maxine [D-OR-3]

    OR • D

    Sponsored 3/12/2026

  • Swalwell

    CA • D

    Sponsored 3/12/2026

  • Rep. Salinas, Andrea [D-OR-6]

    OR • D

    Sponsored 3/12/2026

  • Rep. Chu, Judy [D-CA-28]

    CA • D

    Sponsored 3/12/2026

  • Rep. Balint, Becca [D-VT-At Large]

    VT • D

    Sponsored 3/12/2026

  • Rep. Latimer, George [D-NY-16]

    NY • D

    Sponsored 3/12/2026

  • Rep. Omar, Ilhan [D-MN-5]

    MN • D

    Sponsored 3/12/2026

  • Rep. Lieu, Ted [D-CA-36]

    CA • D

    Sponsored 3/12/2026

  • Mannion

    NY • D

    Sponsored 3/12/2026

  • Rep. Lynch, Stephen F. [D-MA-8]

    MA • D

    Sponsored 3/12/2026

  • Barragan

    CA • D

    Sponsored 3/12/2026

  • Rep. Strickland, Marilyn [D-WA-10]

    WA • D

    Sponsored 3/12/2026

  • McGovern

    MA • D

    Sponsored 3/12/2026

  • Rep. Tonko, Paul [D-NY-20]

    NY • D

    Sponsored 3/12/2026

  • Rep. Pocan, Mark [D-WI-2]

    WI • D

    Sponsored 3/12/2026

  • Norcross

    NJ • D

    Sponsored 3/12/2026

  • Rep. Nadler, Jerrold [D-NY-12]

    NY • D

    Sponsored 3/12/2026

  • McClellan

    VA • D

    Sponsored 3/12/2026

  • Rep. Pressley, Ayanna [D-MA-7]

    MA • D

    Sponsored 3/12/2026

  • Adams

    NC • D

    Sponsored 3/12/2026

  • Grijalva

    AZ • D

    Sponsored 3/12/2026

  • Rep. Ansari, Yassamin [D-AZ-3]

    AZ • D

    Sponsored 3/12/2026

  • Khanna

    CA • D

    Sponsored 3/12/2026

  • Gomez

    CA • D

    Sponsored 3/12/2026

  • McBath

    GA • D

    Sponsored 3/12/2026

  • Rep. Frost, Maxwell [D-FL-10]

    FL • D

    Sponsored 3/12/2026

  • Davis (IL)

    IL • D

    Sponsored 3/12/2026

  • Rep. García, Jesús G. "Chuy" [D-IL-4]

    IL • D

    Sponsored 3/12/2026

  • Rep. Takano, Mark [D-CA-39]

    CA • D

    Sponsored 3/12/2026

  • Rep. Hayes, Jahana [D-CT-5]

    CT • D

    Sponsored 3/19/2026

  • Rep. DeLauro, Rosa L. [D-CT-3]

    CT • D

    Sponsored 3/24/2026

  • Friedman

    CA • D

    Sponsored 3/24/2026

  • Rep. Ramirez, Delia C. [D-IL-3]

    IL • D

    Sponsored 3/26/2026

  • Rep. Boyle, Brendan F. [D-PA-2]

    PA • D

    Sponsored 3/27/2026

  • Rep. Tokuda, Jill N. [D-HI-2]

    HI • D

    Sponsored 4/13/2026

  • Rep. Harder, Josh [D-CA-9]

    CA • D

    Sponsored 4/13/2026

  • Rep. Olszewski, Johnny [D-MD-2]

    MD • D

    Sponsored 4/16/2026

  • Rep. Bynum, Janelle S. [D-OR-5]

    OR • D

    Sponsored 5/11/2026

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