The King County Council voted 8-1 on an ordinance Tuesday that will provide $4 an hour in hazard pay for grocery store workers in unincorporated areas of the county.
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Some cities, including Burien and Seattle, already enacted hazard pay on the municipal level. This ordinance would provide the pay boost for workers in the unincorporated areas of the county.
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The ordinance will go into effect March 22.
The pay increase applies for the duration of King County Executive Dow Constantine’s emergency proclamation for the COVID-19 pandemic.
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