Starting July 1, 2025, California’s SB 1350 expands Cal/OSHA protections to cover household domestic workers—including house cleaners, cooks, childcare providers, gardeners, and handymen. If you operate as a business or hire domestic help for more than five hours per week, these new safety requirements are likely to apply to you.
What Employers Must Do to Comply:
✔️ Create a Written Injury and Illness Prevention Program (IIPP): This required document outlines your safety policies, hazard identification procedures, training protocols, and incident investigation process. Cal/OSHA provides a helpful online tool to guide you through developing a compliant IIPP.
Conducting workplace inspections to identify, evaluate and correct safety hazards that may be dangerous to employees.
✔️ Provide Safety Training in the Worker’s Language: Training must cover safe use of tools and chemicals, injury prevention, and protection from environmental risks such as heat or chemical exposure.
✔️ Supply the Right Safety Equipment: Employers must provide personal protective equipment (PPE), ensure all tools and equipment are safe to use, and maintain up-to-date Safety Data Sheets for any hazardous substances used on the job.
✔️ Following workplace safety recordkeeping and recording requirements, including reporting serious workplace injuries or fatalities to Cal/OSHA.
Even private individuals may be subject to these rules. If you hire a domestic worker for more than five hours per week, you must comply—or risk fines, liability, and legal action.
Now is the time to act
Review your domestic worker arrangements, assess your safety practices, and ensure compliance. There have been a number of lawsuits against individuals who employee domestic workers.
Need help navigating these new requirements?
JorgensenHR is here to support you with expert guidance and practical solutions. Contact us today at info@jorgensenhr.com or 661-600-2070 to ensure you’re fully prepared and protected.
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