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MONTGOMERY COUNTY
Leggett Signs Off on Nanny Bill
Montgomery County Executive Isiah Leggett (D) signed off on legislation yesterday that will require residents who employ nannies, housekeepers and cooks for at least 20 hours a week to offer their workers a written contract.
Surrounded by immigrant women who spent four years fighting for better working conditions, Leggett said the law, thought to provide some of the most far-reaching protections for domestic workers in the country, would be a model for justice, respect and dignity.
When the law takes effect in six months, residents will be required to offer employees a contract that spells out working conditions. If an employee chooses to work without a contract, the employer will have to obtain written evidence that a contract was offered and declined.
The legislation, passed unanimously last week by the County Council, also requires that live-in employees have their own room for sleeping, with a lock, and "reasonable access" to a bathroom, kitchen and laundry room.
-- Ann E. Marimow
Panel to Study County's Carbon Footprint
Montgomery County Executive Isiah Leggett (D) announced Monday that he is creating a task force to help coordinate programs aimed at reducing the county's carbon footprint.
"We want to make sure Montgomery County becomes a leader," he said at a news conference announcing the task force.
Leggett named 26 people to the panel, which will be co-chaired by Robert G. Hoyt of the county Department of Environmental Protection and former Maryland environment chief Jane Nishida.
Nishida served in the administration of Gov. Parris N. Glendening (D) and works on environmental issues at the World Bank.
