'We Should Reward Them': Senate Democrats To Push For Frontline Worker Hazard Pay

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'We Should Reward Them': Senate Democrats To Push For Frontline Worker Hazard Pay
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Senate Democrats are proposing hazard pay that will include a pay increase up to $25,000 for essential workers. 'We are asking these workers to take great risks and we should reward them for it.'

A health care worker instructs people arriving in their cars to be tested for COVID-19 at a new coronavirus drive through testing site in Redondo Beach, Calif.A health care worker instructs people arriving in their cars to be tested for COVID-19 at a new coronavirus drive through testing site in Redondo Beach, Calif.

The Democratic proposal has two main components: up to a $25,000 pay increase for essential workers, and a one-time $15,000 incentive to help recruit new health care workers during the pandemic.

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