The $50 million in grants for hazard pay were distributed as follows:
- Health Care – 63.5 percent ($31.75 million)
- Food Manufacturing – 7.2 percent ($3.6 million)
- Food Retail – 8.2 percent ($4.09 million)
- Social Assistance – 12.6 percent ($6.3 million)
- Janitorial – 3.7 percent ($1.84 million)
- Transportation – 1.2 percent ($592,000)
- Security – 3.6 percent ($1.8 million)
“The demand for this program indicates the need for additional funding to support these critical front-line workers, who selflessly helped their fellow Pennsylvanians through the toughest times of the COVID-19 pandemic,” said Gov. Wolf.
Furthermore, he expressed his “support for Heroes Fund, in the bi-partisan Federal HEROES Act, which would provide $200 billion in hazard pay to life-sustaining workers.”
Moreover, Gov. Wolf stated that he is open to working with the state legislature to allocate additional federal money toward hazard pay for additional workers and aindustries.
Pennsylvania State Sen. Lindsey Williams (D- Allegheny) commented, “It is our duty as elected representatives to fight for the rights and increased wages for all Pennsylvania workers. Granting hazard pay to workers who have been on the front-lines of COVID-19 is one of many actions we need to take to help our economy – and more importantly our communities – emerge from this crisis stronger than before.”
