Bainbridge Island approves hazard pay hike requirement for grocery store workers
BAINBRIDGE ISLAND – A hazard pay ordinance approved by Bainbridge Island’s City Council on Tuesday night will require the island’s two grocery stores to maintain hourly pay bumps for employees.
Citing the pandemic and the risks grocery store workers face in their jobs and buoyed by the dismissal of a lawsuit challenging a similar requirement in Seattle, council members went on to approve the mandate, which goes into effect immediately, on a unanimous vote.
The ordinance would apply to the island’s two grocery stores, Winslow Way’s Town & Country Market and a Safeway location on High School Road.
The measure requires grocery store employers with between 500 and 2,000 employees worldwide to pay out a hazard pay rate of $2 per hour and employers with more than 2,000 employees to pay at a rate of $4 per hour. The requirement will remain in place until the City Council repeals the ordinance.
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