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On March 9, 2021, the San Francisco Supervisory Board unanimously approved San Francisco’s COVID Emergency Order for Payment Risk, which temporarily compels large grocery stores and retail pharmacies and entrepreneurs concierge and security staff working on site at these stores to provide an additional $ 5. .00 risk premium per hour for workers (up to a total wage of $ 35.00 per hour). The order came into effect on March 22, 2021 and will remain in effect until May 19, 2021, unless it is re-enacted or the COVID-19 public health emergency is lifted.
The ordinance only applies to certain large employers who employ 500 or more employees worldwide and have at least 20 employees who work on-site at a general store, specialty grocery store, or retail store with a pharmacy.
Covered employers must provide an additional $ 5 per hour as a risk bonus to all covered workers for each hour of pay less than $ 35.
Meanwhile, a Washington State Federal District Court judge ruled that a Seattle order to provide a risk premium to grocery store workers during the pandemic could take effect, dismissing a filed legal challenge. by industrial groups. The Seattle ordinance calls for a $ 4 pay rise for workers in grocery stores with 500 or more workers around the world. The Northwest Grocery Association and the Washington Food Industry Association had requested an emergency order blocking the order.
Similar lawsuits challenging the risk premium orders have been filed against a number of cities in California.
