Economics
Immigrant Domestic Employees Slip Through Relief Cracks in U.S.
- Over 90% of domestic workers lost all income after lockdowns
- About 70% of house cleaners are immigrants, many undocumented
A worker sweeps outside a construction site in the Brooklyn borough of New York, U.S.
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As the U.S. economy recovers and labor-market conditions improve, one category of workers still has a ways to go: domestic employees.
Based on recent surveys, more than a quarter of the 2.2 million cleaners, nannies and other caregivers who work in private homes may still be out of work. Most of those who have jobs say they aren’t working as many hours as they’d want.