House Stimulus Bill Hazard Pay

In may the house passed a version of the heroes act that would provide 3 trillion for a number of healthcare programs including hazard pay for certain healthcare workers who have been left out of the previous three covid 19 stimulus bills passed by congress.

House stimulus bill hazard pay. The house has already passed a 200 billion heroes fund for essential workers back in may when it passed the heroes act which includes hazard pay for essential workers and a second 1 200. By the office of house minority whip steve scalise r la. It would have provided an incremental 13 per hour in so called hazard pay for essential workers up to 10 000 per employee.

Now that many nonessential workers are clocking in again during the public health crisis it may be even more difficult for democrats to secure a pool of federal funds for front line workers in. Not include hazard pay for essential workers. Well yes that is the proposal the house just passed.

The 25 000 hazard pay proposal calls for essential workers to be paid a 13 an hour hazard pay bonus until they receive up to 25 000. House democrats call for hazard pay workplace protections for tsa agents and other federal workers in a letter to leadership democrats call for an emergency measure to protect essential federal. The hazard pay would be set aside in.

House democrats included a hazard pay measure in a stimulus package they passed in may but it has not been taken up in the gop controlled senate. President trump on sunday night signed a 900 billion stimulus bill into. House pushes for hazard pay senate stalls.