Grocers sue Oakland over new $5-an-hour hazard pay mandate for supermarkets [San Francisco Chronicle]
Feb. 4—The California Grocers Association on Wednesday sued Oakland, just one day after the City Council voted to require larger food sellers to give workers a $5-an-hour pay increase as compensation for the added risks and stress of operating on the front lines during the coronavirus pandemic.
The trade group, which represents most grocery stores in California, is seeking to have the new law declared invalid and unconstitutional.
The lawsuit and related cases elsewhere come as momentum is growing for hazard-pay premiums for supermarket workers during the pandemic.