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Hazard pay approved for grocery workers in unincorporated Pierce County
By Q13 News Staff
City council members unanimously approved legislation approving hazard pay for grocery store workers during the ongoing pandemic.
TACOMA, Wash. - The Pierce County Council has passed a hazard pay ordinance for grocery workers in the unincorporated part of the county.
In a 4-3 vote, the Council adopted the ordinance to pay an extra $4 an hour for grocery workers through the duration of Gov. Jay Inslee s declared COVID-19 emergency.
Under the ordinance, a grocery business is defined as a retail store over 10,000 square feet in size that is primarily engaged in the sale of groceries, or over 85,000 square feet in size with 10,000 square feet or more of its sales floor area dedicated to the retail sale of groceries.
Submitted by Doug Richardson, Pierce County Council Chair, District 6.
I hope you will join me for my annual in-district Pierce County Council meeting, which will be held Wednesday, Dec. 16, 2020 at 5 p.m.
At the meeting we will hear updates from:
Town of Steilacoom Mayor Ron Lucas
City of Lakewood Mayor Don Anderson
City of DuPont Mayor Ron Frederick
Anderson Island Citizens Advisory Board Chairman Dave Albertson
There will also be an update from the Performance Audit Committee with a report on the county’s interpreter services study, facilitated by Bill Vetter, senior legislative analyst.
Under the Pierce County Charter, the County Council holds at least one meeting per year in each of its seven council districts. This is done to make us more accessible to the residents we represent, and to identify topics of interest for our respective districts.