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04/26/2021 Section 6. Payment of Hazard Pay to Covered Employees. (a) Hazard Pay, Covered Employers shall pay Covered Employees a wage of no less than the premium hourly rate set under the authority of this Ordinance. The premium hourly rate for each Covered Employee shall be an additional Five Dollars ($5.00) per hour for all hours worked at a Grocery Store or Drugstore on top of the Covered Employee's Base Wage or Holiday Premium, whichever is applicable at the time of hours worked. The Hazard Pay rate shall not include compensation already owed to Covered Employees, Holiday Premium rates, gratuities, service charge distributions, or other bonuses. (b) Credits. Covered Employers providing Employer -Initiated Hazard Pay will be credited for doing so in accordance with Section 7, below. Section 7. Credit for Employer -Initiated HazardPay. (a) Employer -Initiated Hazard Pay shall be credited against the Five Dollars ($5.00) per hour for the hourly amount paid to each Covered Employee (e.g., A Covered Employer offering Two Dollars ($2.00) per hour in Employer -Initiated Hazard Pay owes an additional Three Dollars ($3.00) per hour in Hazard Pay perthis Ordinance). To receive credit for paying a Covered Employee Employer -Initiated Hazard Pay, a Covered Employer must demonstrate that, as of the effective date of this Ordinance and in any subsequent covered workweeks, the Covered Employer paid such Employer -Initiated Hazard Pay to the Covered Employee. No Covered Employer shall be credited prospectively for any past payments. No Covered Employer shall be credited for any hourly premiums already owed to Covered Employees, such as but not limited to, Holiday Premiums. Nothing herein shall be interpreted to prohibit any employer from paying more than Five Dollars ($5.00) per hour in Hazard Pay. (b) To receive credit for Employer -Initiated Hazard Pay, Covered Employers must, upon request, immediately provide the following to any Covered Employee: (1) A copy of the Employer -Initiated Hazard Pay policy; and (2) A statement, provided under penalty of perjury, explaining the Covered Employee's hourly Base Wages, hourly Holiday Premiums, hourly Employer -Initiated Hazard Pay, and any other wage bonuses received during the last twelve (12) months; and (3) Documentation reflecting that such Employer -Initiated Hazard Pay payments were made to the Covered Employee for each hour the credit is claimed; and ATTY/ORD.535/CC ORD HAZARD PAY ORDINANCE REV: 04-06-2021 VR Page 5 of 9 ORDINANCE NO. 2493 MUFF NO. 305