Stimulus Hazard Pay For Nurses

It s not that nurses do not deserve hazard pay but hazard pay is temporary and doesn t solve the underlying problem.

Stimulus hazard pay for nurses. Employers must provide benefits if we are hurt. And no hazard pay. The hazard pay proposal if passed would show real and meaningful appreciation for the employees who are charged with delivering our.

Up to 25 000 includes amounts below. Congressional democrats have also pushed for hazard pay for hospital and medical workers. God forbid doctors nurses.

That amount was to be paid retroactively. The hazard pay of 25 000 is the cap for those earning less than 200 000 per year while those earning more than 200 000 will have it capped at 5 000 the hill reported. Has called for the next stimulus bill to require all companies to provide time and a half.

The hazard pay would be set aside in a heroes fund and provide an additional 13 per hour for essential frontline workers up to a maximum premium pay of 25 000 for workers earning less than. As such nurses as part of the essential workforce were set to receive a lump sum amount for all the hours worked since january 27th 2020. 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 total in hazard pay.

For example if police officers or firemen are hurt on the job benefits kick in while nurses are taking their own sick vacation time after being asked to self quarantine. Given to a wide variety of essential workers including doctors nurses and other frontline medical personnel police officers firefighters social workers grocery clerks postal workers and childcare and cafeteria workers. The good news is that there is a strong push for hazard pay.

The question now is will this money get to the essential. The heroes act envisaged essential workers receiving 5 000 or 10 000 in hazard pay. The heroes act sets aside 200 billion for hazard pay.