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A labor arbitrator has awarded bonuses of about $1,200 to Connecticut public sector workers, with payments ranging based on a job’s risk level.
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Private sector employees who put themselves at risk in public-facing jobs during the COVID-19 pandemic will be receiving “hero payments” of up to $1,000 starting in February through Connecticut’s Premium Pay Program.
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Connecticut lawmakers passed an inflation relief package, including an extension of the state’s 25-cent-per-gallon gasoline tax holiday, during a special session on Monday.
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A Connecticut program that offered “hero pay” to essential workers at the peak of of the coronavirus pandemic got so many applicants that state lawmakers had to go back into session Monday to provide extra funding and put new limits on who could get the biggest bonuses.
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With just over one week left to apply for the Connecticut’s coronavirus pandemic bonus program for essential, private-sector workers, demand has far outstripped the resources Governor Ned Lamont and legislators reserved for the program.
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WSHU’s Ebong Udoma spoke with CT Mirror’s Katy Golvala to discuss her article, “Housekeepers know they’re essential. They want to get treated like it,” as part of the collaborative podcast Long Story Short.
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Many Connecticut housekeepers say pandemic relief has only come after demands for recognition, if at all.
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The number of Connecticut private sector workers who applied for pandemic bonuses in the first days of the Premium Pay Program crashed its website.
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Connecticut’s program to replace lost wages and cover medical expenses for frontline workers who caught COVID has stalled due to a low profile and a complicated application process.
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Essential workers in Connecticut who have yet to get pandemic-related hazard pay may have to wait until 2022. Some state lawmakers want the Lamont administration to follow U.S. Treasury guidelines and pay the essential workers up to $13 an hour in addition to their regular wages.