Paid care workers are workers who care for people in their homes and include home health aides, personal care aides, home attendants, nannies, caregivers, and house cleaners. DCA created this overview to help paid care workers know about important rights and resources.
Mayor de Blasio putout a public statement denouncing President Trump's "Muslim Travel Ban," stating it is an example of institutionalized islamophobia.
The report identifies distinctive characteristics of the City Human Rights Law as enforced by the Commission, examines the common themes that emerged from the oral and written testimony, highlights policy recommendations to combat sexual harassment, and provides some best practices for employers.
This report, using focus group and survey results, documents the experiences of New York City’s home-based paid care workers in their own words, offering a bottom-up perspective that is often lacking in public policy debates.
This report, using focus group and survey results, details the concerns of New York City’s home-based paid care workers whose voices are too often unheard or disregarded by policymakers or by the wider public.
The poll results provide useful insight for a range of issues related to inequality, working conditions, and the role of city and local government in protecting immigrants and defending worker rights.
Pursuant to LL37 of 2015, a report on a survey about agencies' and employers' use of exemptions from the SCDEA limits on use of credit history in hiring, and feedback from agencies and employers
It is the policy of NYCEM to comply with all applicable laws including but not limited to, the Americans with Disabilities Act (ADA) and the New York City Human Rights Law. This document describes the procedure to be taken under the ADA in order to file a grievance alleging discrimination by NYCEM.