Next Stimulus Package Essential Workers

Many american s are facing an immediate crisis and protections are expiring.

Next stimulus package essential workers. Nearly four months ago the house passed the heroes act as its version of a fourth coronavirus stimulus package and included within it 200 billion in hazard pay funds for essential workers as well. Congress s inability to reach a compromise on the next stimulus package is disappointing to say the least. Biden pushes for a third check 400 unemployment money more.

Hazard pay for essential workers. Biden says his post. Is there a payment for essential workers in the heroes act.

Essential workers are still pushing for better pay since they never had the choice of staying home. Will the senate praise essential workers but refuse to include hazard pay in the next stimulus package. Republicans have communicated that they will include another round of 1 200 stimulus checks in the forthcoming senate stimulus package proposal but senate leader mitch mcconnell indicates that he doesn t expect the stimulus package to include hazard pay for essential workers.

Now president joe biden will start work on the next economic stimulus and relief package. The fund would increase pay up to 25 000 or 13 an hour from the start of the crisis to the end of the year. Senate stimulus package expected to include liability protections for employers but exclude hazard pay for essential workers.

The next round of legislation should focus on policies that can sustain the incomes. The president elect supports the current stimulus package as an essential but temporary solution like a financial bandage that will slow the economic devastation. I find it appalling that trillions of dollars have been poured into an economy that is.

Senate minority leader chuck schumer d n y and other democrats unveiled a plan this week that would increase pay for essential workers including those in the healthcare field in sanitation and who work at grocery stores. Despite pushes to social distance. This would continue through the end of 2020 and would be retroactive back to jan.