Berkeley, Los Angeles (city and county), San Jose, and Santa Clara COVID-19 Hazard Pay

Posted on Tue, Mar 16, 2021

On March 9, 2021, the County of Santa Clara Board of Supervisors adopted the Temporary COVID-19 Hazard Premium for Specified Workers in Unincorporated County Ordinance, which provides an additional $5 per hour in hazard pay to employees of grocery stores and drugstores who are working in the county. The ordinance applies to grocery stores or drugstores with 300 employees nationally and 15 or more in a local store and franchisees (whose franchisor has 300 employees nationally and owns at least 10 stores in California. The ordinance is effective April 8, 2021 and is effective for the earlier of either 180 days or the end of the county’s COVID-19 health emergency.

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