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Judge OKs $4-an-hour pay boost for Seattle grocery workers

Judge OKs $4-an-hour pay boost for Seattle grocery workers
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The King County Council Wants to Avoid Creating Food Deserts with its Grocery Hazard Pay Ordinance

by Nathalie Graham • Mar 9, 2021 at 2:06 pm Okay, after one year of working on the front lines during a pandemic, now you can have some hazard pay. Luis Alvarez/Getty Images Back in the early days of the pandemic, grocery stores gave workers hero pay. That pay dried up as the pandemic wore on. The work didn t. And with the risky, people-facing work came extra responsibilities, such as wiping down surfaces, wearing PPE, and becoming social distance scolds. At the end of January, nearly a year after the pandemic changed the way we lived and worked, the Seattle City Council passed legislation mandating big grocery stores pay their workers an additional $4 an hour in hazard pay.

King County Council establishes grocery store hazard pay for unincorporated areas

King County Council establishes grocery store hazard pay for unincorporated areas March 9, 2021 at 2:50 pm Customers leave a Safeway store on July 27, 2020, in Mill Valley, California. (Photo by Justin Sullivan/Getty Images) The King County Council voted 8-1 Tuesday to establish a hazard pay requirement for additional compensation for grocery employees working in the unincorporated area of King County. The ordinance, sponsored by Councilmembers Rod Dembowski and Dave Upthegrove, would last for the duration of the King County Executive’s proclamation of emergency for the COVID-19 pandemic. Grocery store workers will get an additional $4 per hour in hazard pay. Due to an amendment passed Tuesday, the start date of the ordinance will be March 22, 2021.

King County Council passes hazard pay ordinance for grocery store workers in unincorporated areas

King County Council passes hazard pay ordinance for grocery store workers in unincorporated areas Sign In FacebookTwitterEmail The outside of a Fred Meyer store in Seattle, Wash.CLAIRE MAULDING, SPECIAL TO THE SEATTLEPI Some grocery store workers in unincorporated areas of King County will soon receive an extra $4 per hour after King County Council became the latest local government to pass hazard pay legislation. The council approved the legislation Tuesday in an 8-1 vote. The move came after Seattle and Burien both passed hazard pay legislation earlier this year to help provide grocery store workers extra compensation during the coronavirus pandemic.

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