Essential workers to receive up to $1,250 starting Sept. 22

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EVERETT — About 2,000 Snohomish County employees are to begin receiving pay bumps as recognition for their frontline work during the pandemic.

Earlier this summer, county Executive Dave Somers announced a plan to use $2.5 million of federal relief money for bonus payments of up to $1,250 for the county’s essential workers during the pandemic. In late July, the County Council unanimously approved the criteria to determine which employees will receive the extra pay.

Initial estimates indicated about 1,500 workers — like sheriff’s deputies, corrections officers, road crew workers, human services specialists and park rangers — would qualify.

Now, 1,914 county workers are to be eligible for the bonus pay, Executive Director Ken Klein said in an email. The first round of payments will go out on Sept. 22.

https://www.heraldnet.com/news/covid-premium-pay-will-soon-reach-snohomish-county-employees/

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1. Will they have the courage to link the bonus to getting the vaccine? nt