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Up To $25,000 Hazard Pay For Essential Workers ‘One Of Our Very Highest Priorities’
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Thu, 2020-04-23 08:15 — Kathy Gilbeaux
forbes.com - by Terina Allen - April 22, 2020
On Tuesday, the Senate passed a bipartisan bill to add an additional $484 billion in relief monies for small businesses, and the House is expected to pass it Thursday according to The Wall Street Journal. But nothing in this bill addresses the outstanding issue of hazard pay for essential frontline workers. Nothing that Congress has approved so far has included hazard pay for frontline workers. Though, Senator Schumer (D – NY) has stated that getting hazard pay approved in the next phase relief bill “is one of our very highest priorities.”
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H.R.6496 - Emergency Money For the People Act
congress.gov - introduced April 14, 2020
H.R.6496 - To provide for the issuance of emergency monthly payments to every American throughout the duration of the coronavirus crisis to be provided by the Department of the Treasury, in consultation with other Federal and State agencies.
CLICK HERE FOR THE CURRENT STATUS OF THIS BILL
CLICK HERE - PROPOSED TEXT OF THIS BILL (11 page .PDF document)
Coronavirus Frontline Workers Fair Pay Act
cartwright.house.gov - April 21, 2020
REP. CARTWRIGHT UNVEILS HAZARD PAY PROPOSAL FOR ESSENTIAL WORKERS ON FRONT LINES OF COVID-19 FIGHT
Coronavirus Frontline Workers Fair Pay Act boosts high-risk health care workers pay by up to $35,000; up to $25,000 for other essential employees
CLICK HERE FOR SUMMARY AND ADDITIONAL INFORMATION
CLICK HERE - More information on the definitions of “high-risk health care worker” and "essential worker”
CLICK HERE - CISA - MEMORANDUM ON IDENTIFICATION OF ESSENTIAL CRITICAL INFRASTRUCTURE WORKERS DURING COVID-19 RESPONSE - March 19, 2020 (11 page .PDF document)