in our Spotlight on Business Report long- awaited protections for domestic workers are finally taking effect this week the domestic workers Bill of Rights that was signed into law by Governor Murphy in January went into effect on Monday and it guarantees several workplace protections for people in jobs like housekeeping inhome child care workers or Cooks Caregivers for the elderly and disabled and many more those guidelines include things like the right to take a break the right to privacy and safety protection from discrimination and harassment and employers must have written contracts with their employees now domestic workers are also eligible for worker compensation unemployment insurance temporary disability and family leave these protections cover workers who are hired by an agency or hired directly by members of a household support for the business report is provided by njmp a partner to New Jersey manufacturing industry focused on productivity performance and strategic development more on nj.org [Music]