{"id":19425,"date":"2020-07-24T18:26:54","date_gmt":"2020-07-24T18:26:54","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/one.sightlinemg.com\/federaltimes\/uncategorized\/2020\/07\/24\/will-feds-receive-hazard-pay-during-covid-19\/"},"modified":"2026-08-08T04:49:10","modified_gmt":"2026-08-08T04:49:10","slug":"will-feds-receive-hazard-pay-during-covid-19","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/one.sightlinemg.com\/federaltimes\/management\/pay-benefits\/2020\/07\/24\/will-feds-receive-hazard-pay-during-covid-19\/","title":{"rendered":"Will feds receive hazard pay during COVID-19?"},"content":{"rendered":"\n

Plans to grant hazard or premium pay to federal employees that must work in positions that could expose them to the COVID-19 pandemic are in the works from multiple angles, but none are guaranteed, leaving the possibility of such pay, and whether it will be retroactively enacted, up in the air.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Under the Health and Economic Recovery Omnibus Emergency Solutions Act<\/a>, which passed the House back in May, feds who are required to have routine contact with the public or work in office spaces where social distancing and other protective measures are not possible would be entitled to $13 of premium pay per hour, including time worked before the passage of the bill.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

The legislation has proven controversial for several of its provisions, and the Senate has yet to hold a floor vote on the bill. House Democratic leadership, meanwhile, has resisted the passage of a smaller stimulus bill in its place.<\/p>\n\n\n\t