Detroit Will Now Pay Frontline Workers Extra $800 A Month In Hazard Pay
This hazard pay will be issued to those with public-facing jobs in six different departments.
Some employees will get an extra $5 an hour for every hour they work.
Starting Monday, we will pay our first responders and our public-facing employees $800 additional dollars per month for Hazard pay. This includes our EMS, police, fire department, DDOT drivers and others. We will be putting additional details on https://t.co/oGDWxtbBId
— City of Detroit (@CityofDetroit) April 10, 2020
“I intend to leave this order in place as long as the emergency is here,” Duggan said.
The mayor also said that 200 Detroit workers on the front lines have been diagnosed with COVID-19 so far. The city has lost three members of the police force, one firefighter, one DDOT driver and two inspectors at the building safety and engineering department.
The Detroit Praise Network will continue to update you on the latest COVID-19 news, as it develops.
