Gov. Tom Wolf Announces $50M Available In Hazard Pay Grants For Frontline Workers
HARRISBURG (AP) - Supermarket cashiers, bus drivers, custodians, health care workers and other workers on the front lines of the pandemic could get a temporary, $3-an-hour pay raise under a $50 million grant program touted by the Wolf administration Thursday.
The program is available to employers for the purpose of offering hazard pay to front-line workers. The application period opened Thursday and will run through July 31.
Today, @GovernorTomWolf announced the availability of $50 million in grant funding to help employers provide hazard pay to employees in life-sustaining occupations during the COVID-19 pandemic.https://t.co/LaCbuYWz3A
— Office of the Governor (@GovernorsOffice) July 16, 2020
Workers making less than $20 an hour are eligible for up to $1,200 in hazard pay over a 10-week period between Aug. 16 and Oct. 24.
Funding comes from Pennsylvania's share of the federal coronavirus relief package.
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