Grocery Employee Hazard Pay
Grocery Employee Hazard Pay Law
This temporary COVID-19 law required some grocery businesses to provide certain employees with $4 hourly hazard pay between February 3, 2021 and September 1, 2022.
The Office of Labor Standards has the authority to investigate potential violations of this law until September 2, 2025. Employees with complaints are encouraged to approach the Office with their complaints as soon as possible. The Department may not be able to investigate complaints that are lodged after April 1, 2025. Workers may contact OLS by calling (206) 256-5297 or by filling out this form (click here).
More Information
For more information about this law’s requirements and protections, please review the Fact Sheet on Grocery Employee Hazard Pay. Fact Sheets in Amharic, Simplified Chinese, Somali, Spanish, and Tagalog are available on the OLS Language Pages (click here).