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End of “Hero Bonus” for COVID-19 “Heroes”

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  • AxtremusA Offline
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    Axtremus
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    https://www.bloomberg.com/news/articles/2020-05-14/companies-are-nixing-hazard-pay-for-covid-19-essential-workers

    Thousands of Covid-19 ‘Heroes’ Are About to Get a Pay Cut

    “ The hazard pay is disappearing. The hazard is not.

    Some essential employees across the U.S. have received bonuses or pay bumps to compensate for the risk that comes with clocking in at supermarkets, hospitals and other crowded workplaces during a pandemic.

    Now companies are walking back those wage increases, even as the threat of Covid-19 lingers. 
    ...
    The planned cutbacks have rankled unions, employees and customers who are accusing companies of putting profits ahead of worker well-being. They also raise questions about how to value the essential workers who are keeping society functioning. Many continue to put their health and safety on the line in exchange for relatively low wages.
    ...
    What’s changed, some experts say, is the gradual lifting of shelter-in-place orders that has people returning to workplaces. The pay premiums were meant to compensate those who had no choice but to come in, said Adrienne Altman, managing director at HR-consulting firm Willis Towers Watson Plc.

    “When everyone’s back, there’s no reason for that offset,” Altman said.
    ...[/quote]

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      MainerMikeBrown
      wrote on last edited by MainerMikeBrown
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      I want to thank all employees throughout the United States who risk a lot in order to work at places like hospitals and supermarkets. Not having places like that being open would cause so many more problems, obviously.

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      • JollyJ Offline
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        Jolly
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        Gee, never got my bonus...

        “Cry havoc and let slip the DOGE of war!”

        Those who cheered as J-6 American prisoners were locked in solitary for 18 months without trial, now suddenly fight tooth and nail for foreign terrorists’ "due process". — Buck Sexton

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        • KlausK Offline
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          Klaus
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          Yep. My wife's salary has already been cut by around 25%.

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